Thank you for that. That was a point I neglected to mention in one of the earlier questions, I think from Mr. Easter, on how we improve our competitiveness in that marketplace and what we're doing.
The one thing I did leave out was certainly our environmental performance. Japan represents a market that values environmental performance. In fact it's one of the criteria, one of the table stakes: you can't get into the marketplace unless you can show that your environmental performance on the ground, your emissions and other things, are up to speed and what they would hope to see.
In that regard, our industry's record of environmental performance is second to none. We have the most certified forests in the world. We're a leader in that regard. We've gotten our emissions down considerably. Certainly our carbon dioxide emissions are down by 60% to 67% since 1992.
There are other elements to it. The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement is another symbol or sign for that marketplace that our environmental performance is the best in the world. All of that very much helps us from a competitive standpoint in that marketplace, and we're encouraged by it.
Just to your earlier comment, hopefully the Canada-European deal helps us regain some of that market share. I think we talked about that the last time I appeared before this committee. That will be an important deal where we get rid of the tariffs and the quota on the plywood aspect, and then hopefully that'll open up market again for the east coast producers.