Timber
The harvesting of hardwood is focused primarily on value added industries like fine furniture manufacture.
Softwood plantations are becoming a significant part of timber production in the area with high volumes of bluegum woodchips exported through the Bunbury Port each year.
Delivered value of log production ($ million)
Log volume (m3)
2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | |
Hardwood | 348,300 | 354,000 |
294,100 |
329,900 | 344,000 | 409,000 |
Softwood | 677,200 | 604,000 |
628,800 |
714,300 | 702,000 | 730,000 |
TOTAL VOLUME | 1,025,500 | 958,000 |
922,900 |
1,044,200 | 1,046,000 | 1,139,000 |
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Delivered value ($ million)
2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | |||||||
Hardwood | 31.5 | 32.8 |
24.0 | 24.6 | 26.0 | 29.8 | ||||||
Softwood | 41.5 | 37.8 |
42.3 | 47.4 | 47.9 | 44.9 | ||||||
TOTAL VALUE | 73.0 | 70.6 | 66.3 | 72.0 | 73.9 | 74.7 | ||||||
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