Table 98 - New Zealand - Forest Statistics (For 1995)
Total Land Area |
27,053 400 ha | |
|
Natural Forest |
24% |
|
Planted Forest |
5% |
|
Pasture and Arable Land |
52% |
|
Other Land |
19% |
Forest Area Total |
7,884,000 ha | |
Natural Forest Area |
6,406,000 ha | |
|
State-protected forests |
76.1% |
|
State-production forests |
2.6% |
|
Private - potential production |
2% |
|
Private - protected |
10.5% |
|
Private - inaccessible |
8.8% |
Planted Forest Area |
1,478,000 ha | |
|
Radiata Pine |
90% |
|
Douglas Fir |
5% |
|
All Exotic Hardwoods |
2% |
|
Other Exotic Softwoods |
3% |
Total Government Ownership |
5,331,000 ha | |
Total Private Ownership |
2,553,000 ha | |
Total Productive |
1,744,000 ha | |
Total Unproductive |
6,140,000 ha | |
Legally Protected (IUCN classes) |
5,573,000 ha | |
Inaccessible |
545,000 ha | |
Total Coniferous Planted Forests |
1,437,000 ha | |
Radiata Pine Planted Forests |
1,378,000 ha | |
Non-Coniferous Planted Forests |
41,000 ha | |
Total Annual Deforestation |
25,600 ha | |
Total Annual Reforestation |
98,200 ha | |
Planted Forest Standing Volume (Average) |
207 m3/ha | |
Planted Forest Standing Volume (Total) |
306,000,000 m3 | |
Planted Forest Current Annual Increment |
16.4m3/ha | |
Average Rotation (Radiata Pine) |
28 years | |
Average Age |
13.3 years | |
Current Annual Harvest - Planted Forests |
16,974,000 m3 | |
Current Annual Harvest - Natural Forests |
114,000 m3 |
Source: APFSOS/WP/05
Table 99 - New Zealand - Status of Planted Forest
Year |
Total Planted Forest Area (ha) |
Percentage Privately Owned |
Total Cut (m3 × 1000) |
Percentage Exported |
1985 |
1,095,000 |
48 |
9,626 |
35 |
1987 |
1,154,000 |
48 |
9,613 |
30 |
1990 |
1,261,000 |
52 |
11,744 |
46 |
1993 |
1,328,000 |
80 |
14,937 |
59 |
1996 |
1,559,000 |
94 |
16,964 |
60 |
Source: APFSOS/WP/22
Table 100 - New Zealand Annual planting and roundwood removals.
Year |
New Planting Actual 000ha |
Annual Roundwood Removals 000 cum |
||
Total Forests |
Natural Forests |
Planted Forests |
||
1970 |
26 |
7820 |
1042 |
6778 |
1971 |
29 |
8205 |
1029 |
7176 |
1972 |
33 |
7972 |
958 |
7014 |
1973 |
44 |
8250 |
899 |
7351 |
1974 |
44 |
8585 |
925 |
7660 |
1975 |
45 |
8361 |
964 |
7397 |
1976 |
49 |
8272 |
928 |
7344 |
1977 |
39 |
9701 |
808 |
8893 |
1978 |
43 |
9243 |
669 |
8574 |
1979 |
44 |
8974 |
583 |
8391 |
1980 |
38 |
9911 |
539 |
9372 |
1981 |
45 |
10245 |
551 |
9694 |
1982 |
49 |
9753 |
514 |
9239 |
1983 |
51 |
9358 |
608 |
8750 |
1984 |
56 |
9266 |
599 |
8667 |
1985 |
48 |
9626 |
675 |
8951 |
1986 |
40 |
10195 |
643 |
9552 |
1987 |
30 |
9613 |
563 |
9050 |
1988 |
20 |
9688 |
570 |
9118 |
1989 |
21 |
10619 |
377 |
10242 |
1990 |
16 |
11744 |
357 |
11387 |
1991 |
15 |
13693 |
361 |
13332 |
1992 |
50 |
14136 |
205 |
13931 |
1993 |
62 |
14937 |
206 |
14731 |
1994 |
98 |
15131 |
201 |
14930 |
1995 |
71 |
16437 |
195 |
16242 |
Source: APFSOS/WP/05
Table 101 - New Zealand - Trend of Log Production, Export and Processing
Year |
Total Harvest (m3 × 1,000) |
Volume of logs exported (m3 × 1,000) |
Percentage processed onshore |
1980 |
9,911 |
1,247 |
87.4 |
1985 |
9,626 |
360 |
96.3 |
1990 |
11,744 |
2,170 |
81.5 |
1993 |
14,937 |
4,734 |
68.3 |
1996 |
16,964 |
5,640 |
66.7 |
Source: APFSOS/WP 22
Table 102 - New Zealand - Exports of Forestry Products by Main Countries of destination 1995
Country of Destination |
Logs and Poles |
Sawn Timber |
Wood Pulp |
Paper & paperboard |
Panel Products |
All other forestry products |
All forestry products |
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Quantity |
Value |
Quantity |
Value |
Quantity |
Value |
Quantity |
Value |
Quantity |
Value |
Value |
Value |
|
American Samoa |
17 |
12 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
104 |
116 |
323 |
231 |
1,908 |
2,267 |
Australia |
5,657 |
625 |
371,291 |
193,827 |
102,973 |
104,823 |
199,021 |
219,178 |
139,311 |
78,843 |
131,451 |
728,747 |
Belgium |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2,558 |
1,886 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
47 |
1,933 |
Britain |
- |
- |
659 |
473 |
51 |
38 |
- |
- |
17 |
23 |
3,855 |
4,389 |
Canada |
- |
- |
243 |
324 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
542 |
866 |
Chile |
|
- |
813 |
1,192 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
688 |
1,880 |
China |
116,426 |
13,277 |
2,603 |
763 |
11,509 |
9,397 |
200 |
249 |
1,762 |
838 |
1,160 |
25,684 |
Cook Islands |
11 |
7 |
1,760 |
1,171 |
- |
- |
61 |
200 |
426 |
398 |
1,498 |
3,274 |
Fiji |
- |
- |
- |
- |
39 |
67 |
9,929 |
12,807 |
2,668 |
1,343 |
1,857 |
16,074 |
French Polynesia |
- |
- |
254 |
214 |
- |
- |
1,586 |
1,823 |
1,086 |
898 |
3,061 |
5,996 |
Hong Kong |
- |
- |
16,794 |
6,414 |
327 |
415 |
53,646 |
51,741 |
31,348 |
15,619 |
2,986 |
77,175 |
India |
13 |
1 |
- |
- |
2,955 |
2,875 |
2,354 |
2,868 |
19 |
12 |
231 |
5,987 |
Indonesia |
367 |
94 |
1,218 |
798 |
77,577 |
81,175 |
803 |
1,094 |
7,130 |
3,102 |
8,674 |
94,937 |
Japan |
1,854,485 |
241,590 |
303,791 |
99,713 |
260,628 |
126,906 |
924 |
1,741 |
325,473 |
230,162 |
78,142 |
778,254 |
Korea, Republic of |
3,080,229 |
363,323 |
69,286 |
17,465 |
49,560 |
52,974 |
729 |
803 |
22,671 |
8,757 |
1,891 |
445,213 |
Malaysia |
10,413 |
2,374 |
700 |
447 |
14,815 |
15,399 |
19,260 |
18,794 |
451 |
188 |
1,005 |
38,207 |
Netherlands |
- |
- |
150 |
121 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
47 |
162 |
965 |
1,248 |
New Caledonia |
226 |
101 |
16,600 |
7,346 |
- |
- |
1,748 |
2,114 |
987 |
763 |
2,827 |
13,151 |
Papua New Guinea |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2,484 |
2,863 |
262 |
243 |
1,681 |
4,787 |
Philippines |
61,987 |
10,623 |
9,362 |
2,963 |
11,721 |
12,319 |
6,278 |
6,445 |
5,037 |
2,522 |
1,618 |
36,490 |
Singapore |
154 |
79 |
1,675 |
840 |
185 |
227 |
19,583 |
19,752 |
16,968 |
7,088 |
822 |
28,808 |
Solomon Islands |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
75 |
220 |
231 |
190 |
393 |
803 |
Spain |
- |
- |
- |
- |
517 |
579 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
137 |
716 |
Taiwan |
65,422 |
8,760 |
79,873 |
23,956 |
64,874 |
65,882 |
143 |
131 |
67,939 |
31,998 |
458 |
131,185 |
Thailand |
2,754 |
584 |
23,785 |
7,802 |
19,625 |
22,555 |
6,532 |
6,102 |
1,005 |
612 |
1,192 |
38,847 |
Tonga |
103 |
54 |
2,163 |
1,290 |
- |
- |
161 |
379 |
376 |
317 |
900 |
2,940 |
USA |
63,917 |
10,081 |
164,339 |
95,751 |
18,093 |
14,140 |
2,561 |
3,168 |
229 |
202 |
12,241 |
135,583 |
Western Samoa |
- |
- |
1,167 |
683 |
- |
- |
164 |
421 |
900 |
739 |
3,170 |
5,013 |
Other Countries |
109 |
32 |
4,041 |
1,984 |
2,804 |
2,521 |
2,589 |
6,386 |
1,788 |
1,056 |
6,106 |
18,085 |
Total |
5,262,290 |
651,617 |
1,072,567 |
465,537 |
640,811 |
514,178 |
330,935 |
359,395 |
628,454 |
386,306 |
271,506 |
2,648,539 |
Source: APFSOS/WP/05