International exports of B.C.-made goods and resources increased nearly 7% in 2013 over 2012, driven mainly by China and India, according to Statistics Canada and BC Stats.
B.C. exported $33.6 billion worth of goods in 2013, up from.$31.5 billion in 2012.
The overall increase for Canada was 3.5%, compared with B.C.'s 6.9%.
Exports to China, B.C.'s second largest trading partner next to the U.S., totalled $6.8 billion in 2013, a 13.6% increase over 2012.
Exports to India totalled $467 million in 2013, a 45.1% over 2012.
Exports to South Korea and Japan, by contrast, were down 3.6% and 1.7% respectively.
B.C. mineral exports totalled $11 billion in 2013. China and the U.S. accounted for around half of those exports.
Meanwhile, exports to Canada's largest market – the U.S. – increased 12.3% to $15.8 billion, driven largely by a recovery in the American housing market.
Exports of B.C. wood products accounted for about half of all exports to the U.S. – $7.6 billion, which represented an increase of 24% over 2012.
Pulp and paper exports from B.C. did not fare quite as well. Pulp exports in 2013 totalled $2.8 billion in 2013, down slightly from $2.9 billion in 2012.
Paper product exports totalled $669 million in 2013, down from $735 million in 2012. Newsprint exports, however, increased to $276 million in 2013, up from $254 million in 2013.
