Plantation Area (March 2007)
Hardwood |
Softwood |
Total |
|
| South Aust | 37,404 ha |
107,405 ha |
144,809 ha |
| Victoria | 112,692 ha |
65,647 ha |
178,339 ha |
| Total | 150,096 ha |
178,339 ha |
323,148 ha |
| Nationally (NPI 2005) | 807,437 ha |
1,001,147 ha |
1,817,837 ha Includes 9,254 ha of other species |
GT Total area at the end of 2006 was of 323,148 ha, representing about 6.1%of the land area in the Green Triangle region, and about 18% of the national plantation estate.
Data supplied by SERIC.
National data from Australia's Plantations 2007 Inventory Update, DAFFA, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra.
Annual production from Green Triangle region’s softwood plantations
| Sawlog and Veneer | 2,100,000 tonne |
| Roundwood for preservation | 130,000 tonne |
| Chip and pulpwood | 2,400,000 tonne |
(Approx. 1,000,000 cubic metres of chips exported)
(Source: Limestone Coast Plantation Timber 2005 and beyond)
National Production and Trade (Source: DAFF - Australia's forests at a glance 2007)
Forests products production
| Total timber harvested (cubic metres) | 27,000,000 |
2004-2005 |
| Sawnwood (cubic metres) Wood based panels (cubic metres) |
4,784,000 1,944,000 |
2005-2006 |
| Paper and paperboard (tonnes) | 3,107,000 |
2004-2005 |
The Green Triangle region produces about 30% of the softwood plantation wood harvested
Forest products trade 2005-06
- Export earnings by the Australian forest and wood products sector increased by 21 million to $2.11 billion
- Trade to Japan, New Zealand and China represented $1.4 billion
- Imports fell by $86 million, to $4.021 billion
- Imports came predominantly from New Zealand, Indonesia, USA and Finland
- Making a net trade deficit of $1.91 billion
- Woodchip exports totalled $839 million
- Pulp and paper imports totaled $2.84 billion
- An almost doubling in the value of recovered paper exports to $97 million
- Paper manufactures, paper and paperboard, and wood based panel imports contributed strongly to the increase in the value of forest product imports in 2004-05
Imports 2004-05 (full breakdown for 2005-06 data not available in April 2007)
Volume/tonnage |
Value $ |
|
| Roundwood | 1,400,000 m3 |
$1 M |
| Sawnwood | 847,100 m3 |
$492 M |
| Woodbased panels | 351,800 m3 |
$218.7 M |
| Miscellaneous forest products | $586 M |
|
| Paper and paperboard | 1,753,600 tonne |
$2,138 M |
| Paper manufactures | $442 M |
|
| Recovered paper | 55,800 tonne |
$2.3 M |
| Pulp | 350,300 tonne |
$225.1 M |
| Woodchips | 800 tonne |
$2.0 M |
| Total | $4.107.1 M |
Exports 2004-05
Volume/tonnage |
Value $ |
|
| Roundwood | 806,500 m3 |
$72.5 M |
| Sawnwood | 205,300 m3 |
$99.2 M |
| Railway Sleepers | 10,500 m3 |
$4.0 M |
| Woodbased panels | 407,400 m3 |
$150.4 M |
| Miscellaneous forest products | $65.4 M |
|
| Paper and paperboard | 780,600 tonne |
$621.7 M |
| Paper manufactures | $116.0 M |
|
| Recovered paper | 649,800 tonne |
$96.6 M |
| Pulp | 4,700 tonne |
$4.4 M |
| Woodchips | 5,598,300 tonne |
$852.2 M |
| Total | $
2,088.6 M
|