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NCT FORESTRY
                                                   AGRICULTURAL
                                             CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED




                                          Industry Quality Standards: ISO 9001: 2015 accreditation
                                          VISION
                                          To win and maintain the unreserved confidence and
                                          support of all its members, customers and employees.
                                          MISSION
                                          To assist its members to achieve their full forestry
                                          potential and optimise financial results on a
                       GM:                sustainable basis.
                    Danny Knoesen
                                          KEY PERSONNEL
       Full Name of Company: NCT Forestry Agricultural Co-  General Manager: Danny Knoesen
       Operative Limited                  CONTACT DETAILS
       Nature of Business: Timber marketing
                                          HEAD OFFICE
       Services / Products: NCT Forestry is a marketing    Physical Address: 37 McCarthy Drive, Chase Valley
       co-operative for private and independent timber growers
                                          Downs, Pietermaritzburg, 3201
       Date Established: 1949             Postal Address: P.O. Box 13363, Cascades, 3202
       Subsidiaries:                      Tel: +27 (0)33 897 8500
         ƒ BayFibre (Pty) Ltd             E-mail: prelations@nctforest.com
         ƒ NCT Durban Wood Chips (Pty) Ltd  Website: www.nctforest.com

       LINKING INDEPENDENT TIMBER GROWERS TO   AREA OF OPERATION
       MARKETS                            NCT’s core area of management and operation covers
                                          the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Demand for NCT’s
       NCT Forestry (NCT) is a timber co-operative catering   service, however, has resulted in its sphere of influence
       to the marketing needs of private and independent   extending to the Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo
       timber growers and subscribes to the seven co-  and Swaziland.
       operative principles:              SERVICES OFFERED TO MEMBERS
          ƒ Voluntary and open membership  Marketing
          ƒ Democratic member control     Develop and source new pulpwood and round wood
          ƒ Member economic participation  timber  markets  (domestic  and  international)  for
          ƒ Autonomy and independence     members.
          ƒ Education, training and information  Tree Farming
          ƒ Co-operation among co-operatives
          ƒ Concern for community         Manage  plantations  on  behalf  of land  owners  and
                                          NCT owned farms.
       NCT  is  recognised  as an  international  supplier  of   Logistics
       quality round wood timber, hardwood pulpwood
       chips and is the largest forestry marketing   Negotiate the best road and rail contracts on behalf
       organisation in southern Africa.   of members and stockpile round wood timber at
                                          strategically located depots.
       As a co-operative, its members who share in profits,
       own NCT. Today membership stands at 1 600   Harvesting
       shareholding members, representing a total area of  Advise on best harvesting methods and the
       over 311 000ha - 21% of afforested land in South Africa. appointment of harvesting contractors.

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