New Zealand - Transporting a log - Two men lying on a truck on rails, turn handles to winch a large kauri log along the track - 1920's - Bourne, George Photo The value of all forestry exports (logs, chips, sawn timber, panels and paper products) - $NZ 3.62 billion for the year ended 31 March 2006 - $NZ 5 billion in 2018 - Australia accounts for just over 25% of export value, mostly paper products, followed by Japan, South Korea, China and the United States. - In 2018, wood products were New Zealand's third-biggest export - Forestry accounted for approximately 3% of national GDP - Directly employing 20,000 people (Reference: Wikipedia) --------------------- Image source: [Transporting a log].,Bourne, George, 1875-1924, photographer,1910s,1920s,PH-1976-6-80 https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_library-photography-30054