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In recent years, wood logs and processed wood products exports have accounted for seven percent of New Zealand's commodity exports. Approximately 38 percent of New Zealand’s landmass features native and exotic forestry; of this area, production forestry currently covers 6.5 percent or 1.8 million hectares of the country.

The U.S. Census Bureau's export data tracks U.S. food and agricultural trade shipped directly to Poland. However, it does not measure the substantial levels of the U.S. agricultural trade to Poland routed through Western European ports of entry.

The Polish wood pellet industry is focused on growing exports to Italy, Germany, and Denmark, as well as increasing domestic demand among residential consumers.

Forestry is a key sector in the New Zealand economy and contributes 11 percent of total exports.

The log harvest for the year ending September 2018 totaled 35.8 million cubic meters of roundwood, 2.5 percent higher than the previous year and is significantly ahead of the previous government’s....

Poland is among the countries with the largest forest area in Europe. The country is the 10th largest world producer and the fourth largest world exporter of furniture.

New Zealand exotic plantation forestry area resumed a downward path in CY2015 and was estimated at 1.72 million hectares in April 2015.

Poland is a leading world apple exporter. In MY 2014/15 Poland’s total apple product is estimated at 3.5 million metric tons, an increase of nearly 13 percent from the previous year’s crop.

On October 6th, 2014 Russia imposed a ban on re-export of plant products from Poland to Russia.