Waking The Sleeping Giant: An Analysis Of Australia’s Position in the International Pulpwood Market

Dr Gary Inions - 1992

The forecast for the Australia forests products industry, under an assumed modest economic growth and a recovery in residential construction, is for an increase in domestic consumption.

Sawn timber consumption is forecast to rise six percent in 1991-91 and by two percent per annum over the medium  term, while wood-based consumption is forecast to rise by nearly three percent in 1991-92 and by 4.5 percent per annum in the medium term.

However, consumption of paper and paper products is projected to rise by less than one percent in 1991-92, but by three percent a year over the medium term.

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