TOTAL LOG EXPORTS FROM NEW ZEALAND REACHED AS HIGH AS 13 MILLION M3 IN 2011

Log exports from New Zealand in 2011 are set to reach a new record . During the first eight months, total shipments were 25 percent higher than the same period last year (54 percent higher by value) and total exports for 2011 reached as high as 13 million m3, which is more than a doubling from just three years ago. It is worth noting that almost half of the timber harvest in the 2Q was shipped overseas in log form and that almost one-third of the timber harvest in New Zealand is shipped to Chinese sawmills.


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