Hon Steve Martin asks about the Forest Products Commission's firewood supply commitments, deliveries, and targets for 2022. The Minister provides figures for green firewood production targets and actual deliveries up to August.

AnsweredQoN 788Legislative Council
Asked
1 September 2022
Portfolio
Forestry

QuestionView source ↗

FOREST PRODUCTS
COMMISSION — FIREWOOD SUPPLY
788. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the minister representing the
Minister for Forestry:
I refer to question without notice
666 asked on 16 August 2022 regarding firewood supply.
(1) Could the
minister provide the total tonnage of each of the product types that the Forest
Products Commission is committed to sell under contract in the 2022 calendar
year?
(2) How much of the total tonnage in (1) is the commission
expecting to be able to deliver?
(3) How much of the total tonnage in
(1) has the commission delivered to the latest available date?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. On behalf of the minister who represents the
Minister for Forestry, I provide the following answer.
(1) The green
firewood production target is approximately 79 000 tonnes for 2022. Dry
firewood is produced as available in the coupes being harvested and is sold as
an ''up to'' quantity with no minimum target.
(2) The FPC is looking to deliver
approximately 79 000 tonnes of volume by the end of the year.
(3) Total firewood deliveries this
calendar year was approximately 40 000 tonnes to the end of August 2022.

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