I te horapa tonu o te mate urutā Covid-19 puta noa i te ao, kei te piki tonu te hiahia mō ngā tauera horoi ringa—ina koa ko ngā tauera patu huakita me ngā tauera horoi ringa—nā tēnei i piki ake ai te hiahia mō ngā rauemi e hanga ana i aua tauera pēnei i te whatu kore-whatu.
E matapaetia ana e 877,700 tāne o ngā rauemi i pau i ngā tauera kore-whatu, i ngā tauera kore-whatu rānei, puta noa i te ao i te tau 2020. Kua piki ake tēnei mai i te 777,700 tāne i te tau 2019, e ai ki ngā raraunga hou mai i te pūrongo mākete a Smithers – Te Anamata o ngā Tauera Kore-whatu o te Ao ki te tau 2025.
I piki te uara katoa (i ngā utu pumau) mai i te $11.71 piriona i te tau 2019, ki te $13.08 piriona i te tau 2020. E ai ki a Smithers, ko te āhua o te mate urutā Covid-19 te tikanga ahakoa i whakaarohia i mua ko ngā tauera kore-whatu he hoko whiriwhiri i roto i ngā tahua whare, i te heke mai ka kiia he mea nui. Nō reira, e matapae ana a Smithers ka piki ake te tipu ā-tau o te 8.8% i te heke mai (mā te rahinga). Mā tēnei ka piki ake te kai o te ao ki te 1.28 piriona tāne i te tau 2025, me te uara o te $18.1 piriona.
"Nā te pānga o te Covid-19 kua whakaitihia te whakataetae i waenga i ngā kaihanga whatu miro, pērā i tana pānga ki ētahi atu papaaho hangarau kore-whatu," te kī a David Price, hoa mahi, Price Hanna Consultants. "Kua roa te tono mō ngā papa kore-whatu miro i waenga i ngā mākete horoi katoa mai i waenganui o te hauwhā tuatahi o te tau 2020. He pono rawa tēnei mō ngā horoi patu huakita engari kei reira anō hoki mō ngā horoi pēpi me ngā horoi tiaki whaiaro."
E ai ki a Price, kua mahi tonu ngā raina whakaputa whatu miro ā-ao i tōna kaha katoa mai i te hauwhā tuarua o te tau 2020. "E tumanakohia ana ka whakamahia katoatia ngā rawa whatu miro kore tae noa ki te tau 2021, ā, tae noa pea ki te haurua tuatahi o te tau 2022 nā runga i ngā pānga o te Covid-19."
Wā tuku: 13 o Ākuhata 2024