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Markets
Consumers
Penticton is the regional service and market centre for the South Okanagan. It offers a wide range of services including professional, commercial, administrative, educational, and transportation facilities. For each of these services, different markets or trading areas exist, however, for basic analysis the following classifications have been developed along with the corresponding population base.
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Raw Materials
Lumber and value-added wood product manufacturing comprise the single largest sector of the growing manufacturing industry in the Okanagan region. This is followed by metal and steel product manufacturing, and the manufacture of food and beverage products.
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Suppliers
Importing supplies to produce goods in Penticton is essential, and the region benefits from strong highway corridors and regional airport infrastructure.
Penticton has convenient access to major provincial transportation corridors running north and south, east and west. It is located at the junction of the major north—south highway (97) and the main east—west highway (3A), sometimes referred to as British Columbia’s most important southern interior crossroad.
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