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Japanese company to process, export wood chips


Vientiane Times, 8 Oct 2009

Oji Lao Plantation Forest Co Ltd plans to build a wood chip plant
within the next two years to supply an international paper producer in
Japan .

“The plant will cost about 85.2 billion kip (US$10 million) and will
chip eucalyptus and acacia trees,” said the company's Managing
Director, Mr Kojima Yasushi, in an interview last Friday in
Vientiane .

The company will build the plant with a production capacity of about
80,000 tonnes of chip per year.

“We will chip the wood here because the Lao government has a law
prohibiting the export of timber,” Mr Yasushi said.

The plant is set for completion in 2011 and the trees will be
harvested in 2012 or when they are seven years old. This will be the
first year of exports since the company established plantations in
2005 in Borikhamxay and Khammuan provinces.

Total output will depend on production capacity. “At this point in
time we're not sure where the factory will be located,” Mr Yasushi
said.

So far the company has planted 25,918 hectares of mostly eucalyptus
and acacia trees at a cost of about 341 billion kip (US$40 million).

“We want to have 50,000 hectares planted by 2013 and then expenditure
will rise to about 682 billion kip (US$80 million),” he said.

The company wants to establish such large plantations because it will
fell and replant the trees each year to ensure there will be enough
wood to supply the processing plant.

“Now we are looking for additional areas, maybe in the provinces of
Vientiane and Xieng Khuang,” Mr Yasushi said.

Plantations are established on degraded land which is defined under
the forest and land allocation process managed by the Lao government.

The company supports villagers by promoting the planting of trees on
their land so they can increase their income.

Villagers are given the opportunity to work on the plantations, with
farmers engaging in intercropping and cattle rearing on the same land.

Currently the company employs about 230 permanent staff and 3,000
temporary workers. Once harvesting begins, about 5,500 employees will
be required, including temporary workers and contractors.

The company contributes US$50 for each planted hectare to the local
community, which is mainly used for infrastructure such as roads,
wells, and schools.

It has made purchase contracts with plantation workers, with the price
of wood to depend on the global market. “They will get paid no less
than 90,000 kip per cubic metre,” Mr Yasushi said.

The company was established in 1999 as a joint venture. The main
shareholders are Oji Paper Co Ltd of Japan , and the Lao government
with a 15 percent share.

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They donate $50 US dollars for every hectare? That is nothing for a company like that. It is only $50 US dollars.


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That's good news if they really hire villagers. If they donate $50/Ha. each year that mean community gets $1295900 and will get $2591800 after 2013.
That's a lot money my friends.


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What r they going to do with the wood chips in japan???? >_>"

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Anonymous wrote:


That's good news if they really hire villagers. If they donate $50/Ha. each year that mean community gets $1295900 and will get $2591800 after 2013.
That's a lot money my friends.


That's right my friend! that 1.2 mil US Dollars(They do not have to donate any but, they choose to)  "bless their heart"

Little more infor for someone that do not know the benefit of this wonder plant:

Health Benefits of Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus supplements are derived from the fresh leaves and branch tips as well as the dried leaves of the tree known as Eucalyptus Globulus, Eucalyptus fructicetorum, and Eucalyptus smithii. The primary active constituent in eucalyptus leaves is the volatile oil euclyptol. For eucalyptus to provide an effective expectorant and antiseptic action, the volatile oil should contain at least 70 eucalyptol. Eucalyptus oil has been compared to menthol because it acts on receptors in the nasal mucosa, which help to alleviate nasal congestion.

 



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Just wondering when the trees are dry and a bushfire starts will the government have well equipped resources to battle the fires, as eucalyptis trees will burn like crazy as they do in Australia, knowing how these trees produce oil it will only take a few seconds for a small fire to burn out of control.
Hope the famers and community are well aware of the dangers where these tress are planted.

I'm from Australia so I know well from experience.


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