- 6.554 million bdmt of woodchip exports formally reported for the year-ended January 2018, with hardwood chips dominating with 6.089 million bdmt exported
- 88,039 m3 – January 2018 imports of sawn softwood, up 29.3% on January 2017, and their highest monthly total in more than two years
- 400,000 hectares of new plantations – the headline industry need for the Federal Government’s 2018 Forest Industries’ Plan
- 1% – rise in Australia’s plywood imports in 2017, compared with 2016. Imports totaled 486,055 m3 for the year
- $133.19/m3 – average free on board (FOB) price of Australian hardwood log exports in January 2018, marginally below the AUDFob136.63/m3 average for the year-ended January
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