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China helps April exports hit record

Dairy products, meat and wood led the way to a record $4.7 billion of exports in April, with China gobbling up $126 million more than in the same month a year before…

March surplus soars on high farm returns

New Zealand posted a whopping $464 million trade surplus in March as strong export commodity prices pushed monthly exports to a record $4.5 billion, helped by dairy and forestry sales.

The monthly export figures were better than expected, supporting [ More ] [ Read More ]

Forestry firms see silver lining

Southern forestry companies say they may reap some of the flow-on benefits after the Japanese tsunami, but smaller companies have their eyes on Christchurch.

Industry insiders have suggested the Japanese disaster would be a significant boom for New Zealand’s forestry sector.

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No quake impact on log prices

25th March 2011

The Christchurch and Japanese earthquakes are yet to have any significant impact on New Zealand’s log and lumber markets.

While both events are expected to have an ongoing influence on the markets as recovery processes gather momentum, the March [ More ] [ Read More ]

China helps Nelson forestry grow

At a time when other pillars of the Nelson economy are showing signs of crumbling, forestry is standing tall. Peter Watson reports on an industry that may lack glamour but is providing plenty of grunt.

Forestry now rivals and may even [ More ] [ Read More ]