Wahi a kahi hōʻike i hoʻouna ʻia e ka Global Agricultural Information Network o ka Bureau of Foreign Agriculture o ka United States Department of Agriculture, ua hōʻea ka hana pellet lāʻau Polani ma kahi o 1.3 miliona tons ma 2019.

Wahi a kēia hōʻike, ke ulu nei ʻo Polani i nā mākeke lāʻau. ʻO ka hana o ka makahiki i hala ua manaʻo ʻia e hiki i ka 1.3 miliona tons, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka 1.2 miliona tons ma 2018 a me 1 miliona tons ma 2017. ʻO ka nui o ka mana hana ma 2019 he 1.4 miliona tons. I ka makahiki 2018, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā mea kanu lāʻau pellet 63. Ua manaʻo ʻia ma 2018, 481,000 tons o nā pellets lāʻau i hana ʻia ma Polani i loaʻa i ka palapala ENplus.

Ua hōʻike ka hōʻike i ka manaʻo nui o ka ʻoihana pellet lāʻau Polani e hoʻonui i nā mea kūʻai aku i Kelemania, Italia a me Denmark, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka noi kūloko o nā mea kūʻai aku.

Ma kahi o 80% o nā ʻāpana lāʻau i poni ʻia mai nā lāʻau palupalu, ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau mea mai ka sawdust, koena ʻoihana lāʻau a me nā shavings. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka hōʻike ʻo ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe a me ka lawa ʻole o nā lako maka ka mea nui e kaohi nei i ka hana ʻana i ka lāʻau pellet ma ka ʻāina.

Ma 2018, ua hoʻopau ʻo Polani i 450,000 tons o nā pellets lāʻau, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 243,000 tons ma 2017. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu makahiki he 280,000 tons, he 80,000 tons ka uila, he 60,000 tons ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pāʻoihana, a ʻo ka hoʻomehana waena he 60,000 tons.