Top 5 – Wood Used in Pulp Mills 2018-19

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1. 290 million GMT – Australia’s pulp mills used a calculated 5.290 million green metric tonnes (GMT) of wood in 2018-19
2. Softwood = 4.2 million GMT – almost 4.2 million GMT of softwood chips were used to make pulp in 2018-19
3. Hardwood = 1.1 million GMT – more than 1.1 million GMT of hardwood chips were used to make pulp in 2018-19
4. 76.2% into chemical pulp – more than 4.0 million GMT of woodchips was used in the production of chemical pulps
5. 23.8% into mechanical pulp – almost 1.7 million GMT of woodchips was used in the production of mechanical pulps