Megalania

Record commodity export earnings in 2004-05

chippy

Interesting reading Megalunia.

Do you have a personal opinion or point to make here?

Or are you simply being informative for the benefit of the good peolple on B.expats

Megalania

Are you hooked in to the cash cow?

An aerial view of the Fisherman Islands facilities, with the woodchip stockpile in the foreground:

Larissa

Increased prosperity will no doubt be good for the whole of Aus.
With the falling dollar, the economy needs a good kick up the backside. Hence the post is relevant Chippers.

Megalania

Preliminary estimates for May indicate that the Index decreased by 1.5 per cent in SDR terms, following a 1.4 per cent rise (revised) in April. The largest contributors to the fall in May were decreases in the prices of nickel, gold, aluminium and copper. The price of beef and veal increased. In Australian dollar terms, the Index rose by 3.4 per cent in May, following a 1.2 per cent increase (revised) in April.

Index of Commodity Prices

chippy

Woodchips the new cash cow? I'd best start milking!

chippy

Thanks Larissa.
What I'm saying is; it would be even more informative to the punters if old Megalunatic would elaborate on his observations, rather than simply cut/paste or link.

Megalania

Here it is in $A:

OzTennis

Megs

Have you got a picture of the deforested areas which provided the woodchips for the Japanese? Cash cow maybe, environmentally friendly, maybe not? I appreciate we need the export earnings to narrow the trade gap though.

OzTennis

Megalania

Not "real good" but tell me which Cash Cow's Poo Don't Smell.

OzTennis

You're right, if you analyse it there is always a downside - cattle punch holes in the ozone layer, minerals have to be dug up, etc, etc. My brother did his PhD on Forestry in Australia so every time he sees a pile of woodchips waiting for export (eg at Corio near Geelong) he lets forth on the damage they cause.

OzTennis