Table A11: Estimated Roundwood Removals from New Zealand Forests1

(000 m3 of roundwood)

Year
ended
31 March		 Natural forest removals Planted production forest removals Total
removals
Saw
logs2		 Peeler
logs		 Small
logs3		 Pulp
logs4		 Export
chips		 Export
logs		 Total
natural
forest
logs		 Saw
logs2		 Peeler
logs		 Small
logs3		 Pulp
logs4		 Export
chips		 Export
logs		 Total
planted
production
logs
1951 1 573 34 57 - - - 1 664 1 098 3 34 25 - - 1 160 2 824
1952 1 602 37 56 - - - 1 695 1 336 3 37 25 - - 1 401 3 096
1953 1 607 37 54 - - - 1 698 1 313 6 39 23 - - 1 381 3 079
1954 1 539 31 51 - - - 1 621 1 392 6 42 57 - - 1 497 3 118
1955 1 531 31 48 - - - 1 610 1 653 6 48 138 - - 1 845 3 455
1956 1 500 34 42 - - - 1 576 1 743 8 48 125 - - 1 924 3 500
1957 1 471 34 40 - - - 1 545 1 613 14 54 297 - - 1 978 3 523
1958 1 480 34 34 - - - 1 548 1 596 14 59 408 - - 2 077 3 625
1959 1 505 37 31 - - - 1 573 1 800 14 59 470 - 51 2 394 3 967
1960 1 599 37 22 - - - 1 658 2 009 14 62 705 - 167 2 957 4 615
1961 1 503 37 17 - - - 1 557 2 273 20 79 713 - 127 3 212 4 769
1962 1 469 37 25 - - - 1 531 2 173 20 93 798 - 337 3 421 4 952
1963 1 262 34 20 - - - 1 316 2 151 22 79 886 - 201 3 339 4 655
1964 1 273 34 23 - - - 1 330 2 295 23 127 1 081 - 300 3 826 5 156
1965 1 243 31 28 - - - 1 302 2 722 28 204 1 061 - 376 4 391 5 693
1966 1 174 37 23 - - - 1 234 2 881 34 223 1 033 - 453 4 624 5 858
1967 1 169 31 23 - - - 1 223 2 855 34 221 1 140 - 543 4 793 6 016
1968 1 019 28 23 - - - 1 070 2 652 28 201 1 259 - 1 087 5 227 6 297
1969 937 31 11 - - - 979 3 020 34 226 1 183 - 1 443 5 906 6 885
1970 931 34 8 61 - 8 1 042 3 223 37 283 1 313 88 1 834 6 778 7 820
1971 886 23 8 87 14 11 1 029 3 366 50 393 1 307 187 1 873 7 176 8 205
1972 826 23 8 61 26 14 958 3 135 65 379 1 333 195 1 907 7 014 7 972
1973 762 28 8 62 31 8 899 3 302 65 427 1 248 274 2 035 7 351 8 250
1974 763 12 7 73 62 8 925 3 960 69 297 1 652 290 1 392 7 660 8 585
1975 731 34 10 102 70 17 964 3 743 49 440 2 162 147 856 7 397 8 361
1976 748 29 16 99 35 1 928 3 894 34 350 2 298 154 614 7 344 8 272
1977 685 14 10 85 13 1 808 4 518 109 502 2 511 155 1 098 8 893 9 701
1978 511 18 4 78 56 2 669 3 753 72 538 2 938 207 1 066 8 574 9 243
1979 416 10 4 72 80 1 583 3 647 110 476 2 962 222 974 8 391 8 974
1980 370 9 4 76 79 1 539 3 994 127 611 3 152 193 1 295 9 372 9 911
1981 350 8 2 80 108 3 551 4 416 149 693 3 369 209 858 9 694 10 245
1982 329 6 4 80 95 - 514 4 633 162 604 3 193 164 483 9 239 9 753
1983 300 8 1 85 213 1 608 4 369 145 621 2 938 211 466 8 750 9 358
1984 273 8 1 78 239 - 599 4 310 117 533 3 031 133 543 8 667 9 266
1985 282 8 1 63 321 - 675 4 646 133 548 3 201 69 354 8 951 9 626
1986 264 8 - 64 307 - 643 4 981 146 532 3 080 410 403 9 552 10 195
1987 224 6 - 48 285 - 563 4 327 158 511 3 161 509 384 9 050 9 613
1988 170 6 - 50 338 6 570 3 819 164 500 3 574 380 681 9 118 9 688
1989 150 4 - 47 176 - 377 3 962 159 521 3 878 352 1 370 10 242 10 619
1990 171 4 - 50 132 - 357 4 129 174 983 3 709 187 1 947 11 129 11 486
1991 159 4 - 42 156 - 361 4 398 137 1 016 4 318 160 3 064 13 093 13 454
1992 123 3 - 5 74 - 205 4 431 159 1 091 4 184 255 3 578 13 698 13 903
1993 131 3 - - 72 - 206 5 006 193 1 136 3 475 133 4 541 14 484 14 690
1994 158 3 - - 43 - 204 5 171 227 1 151 3 781 84 4 253 14 667 14 871
1995 162 3 - - 40 - 205 5 310 367 1 355 4 060 124 4 762 15 978 16 183
1996 106 3 - - 21 - 130 5 271 397 1 268 3 757 261 5 608 16 562 16 692
1997 107 3 - - - - 110 5 459 471 1 277 3 142 146 5 469 15 964 16 074
1998 72 3 - - - - 75 5 810 464 1 357 3 152 253 5 594 16 630 16 705
1999 73 2 - - 50 - 125 5 865 449 1 373 2 971 228 4 803 15 689 15 814
2000 58 2 - - 16 - 76 6 985 602 1 470 2 962 208 5 806 18 033 18 109

Notes:

1The estimate of roundwood removals is based on several data sources. These include the Ministry of Forestry's annual surveys of sawmills and chipmills; pulp, paper and paperboard mills; and veneer, plywood, particleboard and fibreboard mills as well as export data from Statistics New Zealand. Adjustments are made to the data as supplied by the companies to reconcile wood supply, and conversion factors are used to indirectly derive the estimates.
2The estimate for sawlogs is based on the output of New Zealand sawmills and includes residuals which may be utilised in other wood processing operations such as pulp manufacture or panelboard manufacture.
3The estimate for small logs is intended to include production thinning removals for posts and the log input for particleboard and fibreboard. A significant change in the methodology for estimating small log removals has affected this series from 1990.
4The estimate for pulp logs includes logs intended for the manufacture of pulp in New Zealand.

Graph 7: Estimated Roundwood Removals from New Zealand Forests

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