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Logging Industry
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[T]he combined effect of these two divergent trends meant a respectable increase in logging industry shipments. Following a 15% increase in 1995, logging industry shipments increased 5.1% in 1996 to 12.3 billion dollars. This was the fifth consecutive increase. In constant dollars, shipments increased by 13.5%, the best performance in the last three years. But in spite of this increase, shipments (in constant dollars) still remain lower than the 18% level reached in 1989. Chart 1 Value of shipments (1992 = 100), Logging, 1982 to 1996 shows, in current and constant dollars, the change in value of shipments in the logging industry since 1982.
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In the 1980s the new logging industry plan gained momentum and was embraced by governments at all levels, by the unions and the bureaucrats. An essential change was the move to intensive logging. Selective logging all but disappeared in favour of clear-felling. At the same time the areas of logging ... dramatically increased.
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The two principal commodities shipped by the logging industry are logs and bolts and pulpwood. In 1996, logs and bolts represented approximately 71% of the value of shipments, pulpwood for approximately 12% (compared to 15% in 1995 and 17% in 1994). In 1994, shipments of pulpwood saw their proportion decrease because of increased use of woodchips. However, in 1996, shipments of woodchips remained almost constant, but demand for pulpwood dropped significantly. Small establishments not reporting detail(6) accounted for more than 45% of all shipments, or 5.6 billion dollars, most of which was revenue of independent contractors.
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Logging Management is designed for loggers and the logging industry in [A]ll corners of North America. It is the primary link between suppliers of machinery and equipment and logging operators in all regions.
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By 2004 the NZ logging industry directly employed 23,000 people and accounted for 4 per cent of gross domestic product. It had annual sales of $5 billion, with $3.5 billion of that earned in export. It was NZ's third-biggest export earner. In Orbost, long viewed as the logging capital of Victoria, the signs along the highway proudly identifying Orbost as Victoria's timber town have recently been removed. Expect another round of industry adjustment packages soon.
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Total employment in the logging industry decreased by 1.4% in 1996 to 44,014 workers, in contrast to the substantial increase in 1995. Total employment in the logging industry still remains 10.5% below the peak of 49,190 workers reached in 1989. Wages dropped by 0.1% and production by workers increased by 3.2% compared to 1995.
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