As you may know Tauranga logging holds soo many logs, but where do they all come from and where do they all go? Most imports come from Asia and are changed into building materials / fences and maintenance. The amount of log exports in 2013, was 5,602, in 2012 was 4,919 and in 2011 4,421 were shipped exported. C3 logging go through 23 million logs a year! C3 change some of the logs into wood chips, 300,000 tonnes of wood chips. C3 have about 19,065,195 tonnes of logs and wood chips together.
Port of Tauranga's main exporting products are Forestry, Kiwifruit and Dairy. Port of Tauranga get 1,529 ships come through a year. Some of the logging workers earn $32,000 a year. The Port of Tauranga have 186 staff in the port. Some of the logs get sent to Tasmania where their made into wood chips. 75% of the wood supplies originates in Russia, Canada and USA but the rest sent to Asia. This year (2013) 13,056 products were imported and exported. Pine trees have to grow for 20 years + to be able to cut. Some of the trees even come from Gisbourne.
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