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Article: New Zealand becomes bullish on exports of forest products.
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- AgExporter
- Article date:
- April 1, 1993
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New Zealand, a country roughly the size of Colorado, may be better known for its high proportion of sheep to people--55 million to 3.5 million--but it is becoming increasingly important on the world stage as a producer and exporter of forest products.
Although the country's forest industry has gone through some difficult transitions in the past, New Zealand has invested heavily in its forest plantations. The country is now seeing the fruits of that labor with a vibrant and potentially lucrative industry.
Presently, New Zealand is producing around 14 million cubic meters of roundwood, almost all of which originates from forest plantations. Radiata pine ...