GAVIN EVANS: Crunch coming for forestry policy

GAVIN EVANS: Crunch coming for forestry policy
Gavin Evans
New Zealand wood processors face the loss of further volume in international markets and any increase in capacity looks unlikely without a policy shift in favour of greater use of timber in local commercial construction.MPs considering rushed and flawed legislation to help improve the prospects of the sector heard time and again last week that local processing generally lacks scale. Those mills still competing in international markets are also facing increasing volumes of product from subsidised producers in China, Russia and Europe.Paul Nichol...

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