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NZ forestry downs tools due to Coronavirus

05 February 2020
Forestry crews across New Zealand have downed tools, as contractors close operations due to the Coronavirus. China is by far the largest and most important market for New Zealand’s export logs and by value New Zealand earns half its export income from China. Source: Timberbiz It comes
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NZ pulp exports rise as prices stumble

03 February 2020
New Zealand’s pulp exports rose 7.2% year-ended November 2019, at the same time as average export prices fell more than 32% in New Zealand dollar terms. Sources: Timberbiz, IndustryEdge Exports for the year totalled 960,830 tonnes, with the average price in November falling to NZDFob6
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NZ government called out on Wood Procurement policy

30 January 2020
Chief executives from more than 50 companies representing more than 10,000 New Zealand employees have signed an open letter calling on the government to honour its commitment to implement its promised Wood Procurement policy for government buildings. Source: Timberbiz The letter from
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Growing demand for native trees needs co-ordinated strategy

30 January 2020
New Zealand’s native plant nursery industry has capacity to increase native tree production, but long lead times mean achieving this growth will require planning and co-operation. Last year NZ Plant Producers Inc. surveyed native plant nurseries up and down New Zealand, in the first-e
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Regular log trains start from new Wairoa log yard

28 January 2020
Regular log trains began running between Wairoa and Napier Port in New Zealand on Sunday 26 January following completion of the new log yard in Wairoa. The log trains were reopened following funding through the Provincial Growth Fund which enabled the rail line to reopen. Source: Timb
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WPMA blames demise of mills on a distorted market

28 January 2020
Brian Stanley New Zealand’s Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association chair penned an open letter to express its deeply felt regrets regarding the announcement of intent of closure of another wood processing mill in New Zealand and the loss of yet more jobs in the regions. Source:
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Business Outlook for NZ Forestry

23 January 2020
Fifty-two people from various parts of New Zealand’s domestic and international forest products supply chains participated in the most recent Scion Business Outlook study. These participants represent a substantial component of the NZ forestry industry. Source: Timberbiz According to
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Drylandcarbon shows its commitment to carbon farming

21 January 2020
Drylandcarbon has entered into a contract to purchase a block of marginal land near Wairoa in New Zealand which it says demonstrates a constructive approach to carbon farming, the retention of pastoral grazing land and the preservation of rural communities. Source: Timberbiz Drylandca
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China imports – good for New Zealand bad for Russia and US

16 January 2020
New Zealand continues to expand its market share in China, supplying 39% of the total import volume in the 3Q 2019, up from 32% five years earlier. Russia and North America suffered the largest declines in the Chinese market share from 2015 to 2019, with Russia’s share falling from 28
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Pacific Pine shuts mill in Putaruru

16 January 2020
The sudden announcement of the closure of New Zealand’s Pacific Pine Industries, a timber processing and sawmill in Putaruru, has left its 60+ employees reeling. Staff were called in from their annual leave this week to a meeting where they were informed that the company was entering
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