New Zealand Offers Sustainable Timber Resources to India

Leading a trade delegation consisting of large New Zealand based Timber companies to India, Mr Jim Anderton, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Biosecurity and Fisheries is currently in the country to offer sustainable timber resources to the booming Indian housing and construction industry. A seminar showcasing the solutions to this effect was held in New Delhi.

Hon’ble Minister Jim Anderton gave an overview of the flourishing New Zealand Timber industry to leading construction companies, architects and builders who attended the seminar. Mr Rupert Holborow, New Zealand High Commissioner to India and Mr Paul Vaughan, New Zealand Trade Commissioner to India, were also present on the occasion amongst a host of other senior dignitaries from the government.

The New Zealand wood industry currently generates $3.1 billion in exports (or 3.15% of GDP) with India as New Zealand’s fifth-largest export market for wood products, worth NZD$65 million in 2007.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Rupert Holborow, New Zealand High Commissioner to India said, “India is now protecting its native forest and needs to import timber to meet growing demand for construction and other industries. New Zealand’s large, growing and sustainably managed plantation timber resource is an ideal answer to this need,”.

The seminar focused on New Zealand Timber Industry’s prime produce i.e. New Zealand Radiata Pine, which is one of the most exported and in demand products for construction and building. Radiata Pine from New Zealand is also certified to be a sustainable renewable resource from an ecological and usability stand point.

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade worked with the Indian Forest research Institute to test the suitability of New Zealand pine for India and confirmed the suitability of New Zealand Radiata pine for use in Indian conditions.

Source India PRwire

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