 The tannery closed in 2009.In January 2007, Blundstone Australia announced, due to increased costs, that it would shift production and manufacturing activities from Hobart and New Zealand to Thailand and India within the year, resulting in 360 job losses in Australia.However, Blundstone planned to continue to make 200,000 pairs of footwear at the Tasmanian factory each year, most likely gumboots.