Question NW57 to the Minister of Environmental Affairs
04 July 2019 - NW57
Hlonyana, Ms NKF to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs
What tonnage and percentage of the timber produced in the country in 2018 was (a) immediately exported and (b) kept in the country for beneficiation?
Reply:
(a) Information on the exported timber for 2018 is currently not available. This information becomes available annually, around the month of November, through a Report on Commercial Timber Resources and Roundwood Processing in South Africa together with an Abstract of South African Forestry Facts. The only available reports are for the year 2016/2017.
(b) Information on tonnage of the timber kept in the country for beneficiation for 2018 is currently not available. This information becomes available annually, around the month of November, through a Report on Commercial Timber Resources and Roundwood Processing in South Africa together with an Abstract of South African Forestry Facts. The only available reports are for the year 2016/2017.
Regards
MS B CREECY, MP
MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT FISHERIES AND FORESTRY
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION NO. 57 NW1O14E