Fee in Lieu (FIL) of Manufacture

All export fees are to be paid to the government for timber exported under an exemption and are non-refundable. Note that no fee is due for timber/logs with a Canadian destination and fee rates for blanket Order in Council (OIC) exemptions are specific to each exemption.

Fees for the interior zone and all deciduous timber

For all deciduous timber and timber under Ministerial exemption in the interior zones (all areas in the Province outside the coastal zone) the Fee in Lieu (FiL) of manufacture remains at the minimum base rate of $1.00/m³ for all species and grades.

Fees for the coastal zone

For timber under Ministerial exemptions in the coastal zone the FiL is calculated individually by timber mark, species and grade, and is based on the Coast Domestic Log Values (posted monthly).

Coast wide implementation of the two-year pilot effective February 23, 2026:

• Coast Fee in Lieu of Manufacturing Policy Pilot, February 20, 2026 (PDF, 160KB)

The pilot changes the variable fee-in-lieu policy that was implemented coast wide in December 2020 to a flat fee of 10% of domestic value for species other than Douglas fir, incidental cedar/cypress and deciduous. Douglas fir remains at 15% of domestic value and deciduous at $1.00 per cubic metre.

Coast Domestic Log Values

Effective March 1, 2013, the coast domestic log values are combined old and second growth log prices that create one blended, volume-weighted average price by species and grade, for the latest 3-month data available at the beginning of each month.

• Fee in Lieu of Manufacture Rates, as of March 1, 2013 (PDF 3.2MB)
• Fee in Lieu of Manufacture Refund Policy, as of April 30, 2006 (PDF, 10KB)

Since March 2013, domestic log value tables are updated and posted monthly. See below for the latest tables.

Contact information

Go to our Contacts page to see the list of provincial log export contacts.