New Zealand - Eric Blomfield's Sawmill
- Eric Blomfield's Sawmill, near the corner of Orwell Street (east) and Thames Highway, c.
- Circa 1949
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)
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Image source: Eric Blomfield's Sawmill
Circa 1949
No known copyright restrictions
Collection of the Waitaki Archive. Id 109090
https://collection.culturewaitaki.org.nz/objects/109090/eric-blomfields-sawmill