New Zealand - Timber Industry - View of men sawing through a Kauri tree - 1930 - Collins, Tudor Washington photographer 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: [View of men sawing through a Kauri tree],Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970, photographer,PH-2013-7-TC-B1774-01 https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_library-photography-82303