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Fact File - Marlborough Forest
Industry
Net stocked planted production forest area (1 April 2009) |
71,400 hectares |
Average age of forests (1 April 2009) |
16.2 years |
Wood Availability Forecast 2010/20151 |
1,000,000 m3 pa |
Export logs - Port Picton (Dec 2009) |
259,240 m3 pa |
Sawn Timber Output Production (Dec 2009)2 |
88,800 m3 pa |
Direct Employment - Full Time Equivalents (February 2007)3 |
456 |
Note 1: MAF Wood Availability
Forecasts 2006
Note 2: Input of logs to sawmills is from Nelson and Marlborough
Note 3: Berl Report 2008
(Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Statistics)
Export logs - Port Picton by country of destination
(Dec 2009) |
Volume m3 |
Value (NZ$000) |
India |
140,000 |
14,858 |
Korea |
119,000 |
11,364 |
Total |
259,240 |
26,222 |
(Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Statistics)
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