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Industry: Production

The plantation industry is the key to the success of the Plantations 2020 Vision. In the Vision, the industry is represented by A3P and the Australian Forest Growers.

Major Australian plantation growers include DPI Forestry, Forests NSW , Hancock Victorian Plantations, Green Triangle Forest Products, Auspine, Forestry SA, the WA Forest Products Commission, Forestry Tasmania, Forest Enterprises Australia, Integrated Tree Cropping, Willmott Forests Ltd and Gunns Limited.

Industry: Production

While not publicly prominent, timber processing is one of Australia’s largest manufacturing industries, with an annual output in excess of AUD18 billion. The industry is a significant employer, bringing capital and skill investment to regional Australia.

The processing sector of the plantation timber industry provides a fundamental driver for plantation establishment, as the first market outlet for many products grown in plantations.

In regions which have achieved a critical mass of plantation resource, such as the Green Triangle in south east South Australia and western Victoria, and the Murray Valley in north east Victoria and the south west slopes of NSW, there is an integrated industry which value adds to all plantation products.

Enterprises include sawmills, paper mills, fibreboard or particleboard mills, pole and post production and treatment plants, and plants processing residues such as bark for nursery growing media.

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