1. Forestry-related Fundamental Indicators

Item	Unit	1980	1990	1996	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
① Gross domestic product	100 mil. yen	2,409,692	4,682,344	5,042,619	4,977,197	4,913,122	4,902,940	4,983,284	5,017,345	5,089,251
Forestry	”	8,260	6,626	8,340	8,037	6,621	5,767	5,265	4,464	4,757
Forestry/GDP	%	0.34	0.14	0.17	0.16	0.13	0.12	0.11	0.09	0.09
② Total number of workers	10,000 people	5,536	6,369	6,557	6,412	6,330	6,316	6,329	6,356	6,382
Forestry	”	19	11	8	7	6	6	6	6	6
Forestry/Total No. of workers	%	0.34	0.17	0.12	0.11	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09
③ Area of national land of Japan	10,000 ha	3,777	3,777	3,778	3,779	3,779	3,779	3,779	3,779	3,779
④ Forest area	”	2,528	2,521	2,515	2,515	2,512	2,512	2,512	2,512	2,512
⑤ Forest/National land	%	67.8	67.6	67.5	67.5	67.4	67.4	67.4	67.4	67.4
⑥ Protection forest area	10,000 ha	732	833	863	905	920	1,019	1,133	1,165	1,176
⑦ Protection forest/Forest	%	29.0	33.0	34.3	36.0	36.6	40.6	45.1	46.4	46.8
⑧ Growing forest stock	100 mil. m³	25	31	35	35	40	40	40	40	40
⑨ Wood (Industrial wood) Supply (Consumption)	10,000 m³	10,896	11,220	11,233	9,125	8,813	8,719	8,980	8,586	8,679
Domestic production	”	3,456	2,800	2,249	1,676	1,608	1,616	1,656	1,718	1,762
Wood import	”	7,441	8,420	8,984	7,449	7,205	7,104	7,325	6,868	6,917
Self-sufficiency rate	%	31.7	25.0	20.0	18.4	18.2	18.5	18.4	20.0	20.3
⑧ New housing starts	10,000 houses	127	137	164	117	115	116	119	124	129
Wooden structure rate	%	59.2	45.5	45.9	44.5	43.8	45.1	45.5	43.9	43.3

Sources : ① Cabinet Office "SNA (System of National Accounts)" ② Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications "Labor Force Survey"

③ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism "Statistical reports of Administrative" ④, ⑤ and ⑥ Forestry Agency

Notes 1: "Protection forest area" in $ \textcircled{5} $ refers to actual measured area.

2 : "Wood (industrial wood) Supply (consumption)", "Domestic production" and "Wood import" in $ ^{⑦} $ refer to the volume in log-equivalent.

### 2. Current State of Forest Resources

(Units: 1,000 ha, 10,000m^{3})

Classification	Total	Standing timber area	Treeless land	Bamboo groves area
Planted Forest	Natural Forest
Area	Stock	Area	Stock	Area	Stock
Total	25,121	404,012	10,361	233,804	13,349	170,086	1,255	122	156
National Forest	Total	7,838	101,129	2,411	36,824	4,770	64,209	656	97	0
Under the Forestry Agency's jurisdiction	Total	7,641	98,961	2,384	36,419	4,633	62,445	624	97	0
State-owned	7,524	97,163	2,289	34,649	4,630	62,424	604	90	0
Government reforestation	107	1,791	95	1,770	3	21	10	0	0
Others	10	6	0	0	0	0	10	6	0
Under other Agency's jurisdiction	197	2,169	28	405	137	1,764	32	0	0
Private and public forest	Total	17,283	302,883	7,949	196,980	8,579	105,877	598	26	156
Public Forests	Total	2,796	43,301	1,232	25,483	1,426	17,802	133	16	5
Prefecture	1,200	17,450	476	9,021	665	8,419	59	11	0
Municipality/ Financial ward	1,596	25,851	756	16,462	762	9,383	73	5	5
Private Forest	14,440	259,035	6,705	171,244	7,126	87,782	461	10	149
Others	46	548	12	254	27	294	4	0	3

Source : Forestry Agency

Notes 1: Data cover the forests defined in the Forest Law Article 2.1.

2 : "Treeless land" refers to cutover and unplanted areas.

3: Areas facing difficulty in regeneration are included in the natural forests.

4: "Others" refer to forests that are not subject to the Regional Forest Plans for Non-national Forest under the Forest Law Article 5 or the Regional Forest Management Plan for National Forests under the Forest Law Article 7.2.

5: Figures for the total may not agree with the sum of the each item due to the rounding-off in calculation.

6: Figures are of March 31, 2002.