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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)

timber

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

 

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


Source
Forest Products Commission, South West FPC Log Production.

Footnotes
Delivered value ($ million) = Sum of royalty/stumpage, production & delivery, roading charge, inforeset costs, administration and other costs.
The above figures cover log production from Crown Land and some FPC produced private property.