Market trends and opportunities for NZ's wood and bioenergy products

The global market for New Zealand’s wood products has changed in the 12 months to the end of October 2024 and continues to change. Without an understanding of strategic drivers for these changes, New Zealand will struggle to sell its forestry-derived products into international markets at financially viable prices. We need to understand who is likely to buy our logs and other forest products, what they will want, and what we can produce.

This analysis aims to summarise New Zealand’s current and projected log supply. It examines the potential use of New Zealand’s wood surplus for wood and bioenergy products both domestically and internationally.