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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 434 asked in the Legislative Council on 8 May 2019 by Hon Diane Evers

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

FOREST PRODUCTS COMMISSION — LOG EXPORT

434. Hon DIANE EVERS to the minister representing the Minister for Forestry:

I refer to the contracts that the Forest Products Commission has for the supply of timber.

(1) Do all contracts that the FPC has with purchasers require the purchaser to ''add value'' to the wood before they are able to on-sell it?

(2) If no to (1), does the FPC allow logs to be exported by purchasers in the same state they are supplied—that is, whole logs, no milling?

(3) If no to (2), is the minister aware of any instances in which purchasers under contract with FPC have exported whole logs—that is, no milling or value added; and, if so, what were the repercussions to the contracted purchaser?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the member for the question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Forestry.

(1) No.

(2) For native forest contracts of sale, some export of logs is permitted to facilitate trials to investigate the development of new products and technologies, with the aim of establishing new domestic processing industries. For pine and sandalwood contracts of sale, the government's preference is for logs to be processed in Western Australia. However, logs can be exported provided the sale does not conflict with state agreements or other contracts of sale.

(3) Not applicable.