House of Assembly Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Estimates Replies Structural Timber for Housing in South Australia Structural Timber for Housing in South Australia In reply to Mr BASHAM House of Assembly Finniss Structural Timber for Housing in South Australia In reply to Mr BASHAM (Finniss) (4 July 2023). (Estimates Committee B) The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN House of Assembly The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries): I have been advised: The ban applied to logs but not woodchips. All trade in export logs from Australia to China ceased for both softwood and hardwood. Flow-on employment and economic effects had the greatest impact on Limestone Coast plantation growers and harvesting and haulage contractors. Since the China log export ban, some companies have found alternative export markets or supplied more logs to domestic processors which helped with the increased demand in that sector.