Table B7: Production of Rough-Sawn Timber for Year Ended 31 March by Mill Size Groups

(m3 of sawn timber)

Mill production
(m3)

0 - 499
No of
mills
500 -999
No of
mills
1 000 -
1 999
No of
mills
2 000 -
4 999
No of
mills
5 000 -
9 999
No of
mills
10 000-
19 999
No of
mills

< 20 000
No of
mills

Production
No of
mills
2000
North Island 15 757 120 11 336 16 13 018 9 44 970 13 40 198 6 144 427 10 2 525 267 31 2 794 973 205
South Island 6 820 52 13 113 20 10 919 8 66 121 20 76 860 11 174 185 11 663 378 11 1 011 396 133
Total 22 577 172 24 449 36 23 937 17 111 091 33 117 058 17 318 612 21 3 188 645 42 3 806 369 338
1999
North Island 17 475 128 14 612 19 15 641 11 38 652 13 59 786 8 159 418 11 2 092 013 26 2 397 597 216
South Island 7 299 79 9 970 15 14 764 10 73 718 22 53 606 8 162 831 11 506 635 9 828 823 154
Total 24 774 207 24 582 34 30 405 21 112 370 35 113 392 16 322 249 22 2 598 648 35 3 226 420 370
1998
North Island 20 253 148 13 968 21 21 505 16 42 370 14 53 668 8 143 517 10 2 102 044 27 2 397 325 244
South Island 9 734 78 9 579 15 18 539 13 60 944 18 75 647 12 150 102 10 473 345 8 797 890 154
Total 29 987 226 23 547 36 40 044 29 103 314 32 129 315 20 293 619 20 2 575 389 35 3 195 215 398
1997
North Island 24 773 159 15 694 22 33 645 24 39 353 12 48 883 7 156 600 12 1 962 705 26 2 281 653 262
South Island 10 963 97 11 493 16 17 208 13 84 930 25 81 438 11 115 046 8 420 468 8 741 546 178
Total 35 736 256 27 187 38 50 853 37 124 283 37 130 321 18 271 646 20 2 383 173 34 3 023 199 440
1996
North Island 20 263 129 24 543 38 32 921 21 65 686 22 61 343 9 155 088 11 1 827 573 28 2 187 417 258
South Island 10 551 89 14 689 20 19 630 14 83 733 26 98 691 15 133 769 9 355 722 6 716 785 179
Total 30 814 218 39 232 58 52 551 35 149 419 48 160 034 24 288 857 20 2 183 295 34 2 904 202 437
1995
North Island 18 716 90 18 679 28 39 656 29 65 312 22 69 083 10 212 175 15 1 741 527 26 2 165 148 220
South Island 10 961 63 12 786 18 14 399 11 96 681 32 123 105 17 173 600 12 352 519 6 784 051 159
Total 29 677 153 31 465 46 54 055 40 161 993 54 192 188 27 385 775 27 2 094 046 32 2 949 199 379
1994
North Island 16 122 76 13 974 20 38 052 27 57 918 19 77 042 10 230 187 16 1 634 404 24 2 067 699 192
South Island 9 492 54 15 110 21 15 843 10 85 569 28 115 814 16 166 289 12 339 610 6 747 727 147
Total 25 614 130 29 084 41 53 895 37 143 487 47 192 856 26 396 476 28 1 974 014 30 2 815 426 339

Note:

Until 1987 all sawmills were required to be registered under the Sawmill Registration Regulations. This meant a list was built up containing a number of sawmills which produced very little sawn timber.  Many of these sawmills were located on farms and when they operated did so intermittently. These small sawmills did not keep detailed records of production and the inclusion of their production in the sawmill production statistics had negligible effect. Since 1990 effort has been directed at obtaining reliable data for all significant sawmills (in general these are sawmills with more than five employees, although the statistics in this table include data from a number of smaller mills which operated intermittently during the year). This explains in part the drop in the number of sawmills recorded in the statistics until 1994. With the Forests Amendment Act 1993 coming into force, sawmills wanting to process indigenous logs were required to be registered with the Ministry of Forestry. This lead to the identification and inclusion in the survey of a large number of smaller mills whose contribution to total sawn timber production was still relatively insignificant.

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