- In 2004 the pine harvest was approximately 21 million m3. (Imagine 63 million household dishwashers and you have an idea of the volume of wood that is).
- By 2025 the harvest is expected to be over 40 million m3 a year.
- New Zealand already exports forestry products worth more than NZ$3.3 billion. This is 11.1% of all New Zealand’s exports – forestry is the country’s third largest exporterer.
- By 2025 New Zealand could be exporting more than NZ$14 billion of wood products a year.
- Most of that extra wood will be available for added value processing in New Zealand before it is exported.
- MAF predicts that NZ$445 million will have to be invested in new value-added wood processing between now and 2009.
- Today New Zealand is amongst the top 20 global suppliers, by 2025 it will be one of the top five.
- New Zealand is one of the few countries in the world that can say that 98% of its commercial wood needs are met from sustainably managed plantation forests.
In 2004, the forestry industry contributed 3.1% of gross domestic product (GDP) and directly employed approximately 23,000 people. (Indirect employment created by forestry and wood processing is estimated to account for a further 100,000 jobs). |