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I n 1999 NCT Forestry Co-operative Limited is a force to be reckoned with in the South African timber industry. The Co-operative employs 367 staff in KwaZulu-Natal, the Southern Cape and Mpumalanga. The six offices serve the needs of approximately 1500 members. From the first year of trading when some 17 400 tons of timber were sold, totals over the past decade show an average of 1 200 000 tons marketed each year through NCT. The current annual turnover is in excess of R283 000 000. Such figures prove the achievements of NCT. These are impressive statistics of which any listed company could be proud.

NCT • 50 years ...and still growing

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For each of the five 10-year periods since 1949, this graph shows the relative quantities of Wattle, Gum and Pine during each 10-year period

The cumulative proportions of Wattle, Gum and Pine handled by NCT from 1949 to the end of 1998

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