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Press Release: The Trough Is Dropping Fast

We are all aware of how forestry rises and falls and that the trends of export log prices are cyclical, but this next hump is one out of the norm which about now we know we are working up to a well-deserved festive break, a busy year and working to script and then expecting a drop in the market traditionally into the Chinese New Year.Last year we had a 5 week lead up to COVID where our industry was well down on production with pricing and supply pressures before COVID hit the rest of the primary...

Press Release: Immigration New Zealand is letting down the Silviculture Industry

FICA is calling on Immigration New Zealand to reassess its position on silviculture migrant worker policy, following a series of recent rejections that have been brought to light.Forest Industry Contractors Association CEO Prue Younger says she has been fielding calls and emails from several frustrated Silviculture Contractors, who feel let down by Immigration New Zealand.“I’ve been hearing multiple stories of Immigration New Zealand wasting valuable time and shifting the goal posts on ...

Press Release: Pressure mounting across entire forestry supply chain as port build ups highlight issues

FICA is calling for an all of forestry strategy to deal with the mounting pressure on the entire forestry supply chain, currently being highlighted by build-ups at major New Zealand ports. FICA say the situation is far from over and the sector needs to work together to find solutions.Export market demand for New Zealand logs has been strong in recent months, putting extra pressure on our infrastructure, particularly at ports. FICA spokesperson Prue Younger, who represents contractors as the CEO ...

Press Release: Government Funding Packages Need to be Flexible

FICA is appealing to Government to offer some flexibility in the funding packages announced last week as the industry remains in an unstable and complex environment.It has been well over 6 weeks since emergency meetings were held by forest owners with their contractors to advise some of them that their work would be stopped immediately, within a month or that their work schedules would be reduced ongoing. That followed a 27 January announcement from Zhejiang Province that returning to ...

Press Release: NZ Forestry Contractors Reaching Breaking Point in Forestry Crisis

FICA says forestry crisis is dire and contractors are reaching breaking point in an ever-worsening situation. Rapid impacts have been felt over the past month by the forestry industry with the effects of the outbreak of the Coronavirus, with many out of work and in serious financial crisis. FICA CEO Prue Younger says people outside the industry are largely unaware of the seriousness of the crisis.“We need to have politicians, government officials and the public outside of forestry fu...