1969 Status Forest Industry Exports

1969 Status Log Export, Sawn Wood Export, Plywood and Veneer Exports

The next expansion was the log export trade. In 1952 only 4.5 thousand cubic metres of logs were exported. In 1969, some 147 thousand cubic metres of logs were exported.

Extraction of logs for export Vanimo TA. Photo credit Dick McCarthy 1995.

Loading logs for export from Vanimo TA. Photo credit Dick McCarthy 1995.

Log Pond, Bay of Tokyo Japan. Different compartments for different species and use. Plylogs being extracted for plymill by water’s edge. Photo credit Dick McCarthy 2003.

Tropical sawn timber exports, Bay of Tokyo Japan. Photo credit Dick McCarthy 2003.

In 1952 2.4 thousand cubic metres of sawn timber were exported. In 1969, some 17 thousand cubic metres of sawn timber were exported. In 1952 no plywood or veneer were manufactured for export. In 1969, some 2.48 million cubic metres of plywood (3.34 million square metres of plywood) and 12.4 million cubic metres of veneer were exported.

Veneer Western Province. Photo credit Dick McCarthy.