5. Domestic/Imported Wood Supply/Demand (in log equivalent)

unit: thousand $ m^{3} $ , %

1990	1995	2000	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	year-on-year rate(%)
Total wood supply/demand	113,242	113,698	101,006	88,875	91,437	87,423	88,306	83,879	▲ 5.0
Wood for industrial use	111,162	111,922	99,263	87,191	89,799	85,857	86,791	82,361	▲ 5.1
Wood for fuel	517	721	940	1,050	1,028	1,001	979	976	▲ 0.4
Wood for mushroom cultivation	1,563	1,055	803	634	610	565	535	542	1.2
Category	Total	Total	111,162	111,922	99,263	87,191	89,799	85,857	86,791	82,361	▲ 5.1
Domestic Wood	29,369	22,916	18,022	16,155	16,555	17,176	17,617	18,626	5.7
Imported Wood	81,793	89,006	81,241	71,036	73,245	68,681	69,174	63,735	▲ 7.9
Self-sufficiency rate(%)	26.4	20.5	18.2	18.5	18.4	20.0	20.3	22.6	2.3
for sawnwood	Total	53,887	50,384	40,946	34,766	35,041	32,901	33,032	30,455	▲ 7.8
Domestic Wood	18,023	16,252	12,798	11,214	11,469	11,571	11,645	11,981	2.9
Imported Wood	35,864	34,132	28,148	23,552	23,572	21,330	21,387	18,474	▲ 13.6
Self-sufficiency rate(%)	33.4	32.3	31.3	32.3	32.7	35.2	35.3	39.3	4.0
for pulp and chips	Total	(7,336)	(6,280)	(6,537)	(7,951)	(7,682)	(7,974)	(7,664)	(7,402)	▲ 3.4
Domestic Wood	41,344	44,922	42,186	36,979	37,981	37,608	36,907	37,124	0.6
Imported Wood	10,373	5,989	4,749	4,293	4,249	4,426	4,496	4,673	3.9
Self-sufficiency rate(%)	30,971	38,933	37,437	32,686	33,732	33,181	32,412	32,451	0.1
for plywood	Total	14,546	14,314	13,825	12,810	13,976	12,586	13,720	11,260	▲ 17.9
Domestic Wood	354	228	138	360	546	863	1,144	1,632	42.7
Imported Wood	14,192	14,086	13,687	12,450	13,430	11,723	12,576	9,628	▲ 23.4
Self-sufficiency rate(%)	2.4	1.6	1.0	2.8	3.9	6.9	8.3	14.5	6.2
Others	Total	1,385	2,302	2,306	2,636	2,802	2,763	3,131	3,522	12.5
Domestic Wood	619	447	337	288	291	316	332	340	2.4
Imported Wood	766	1,855	1,969	2,348	2,511	2,447	2,799	3,182	13.7
Self-sufficiency rate(%)	44.7	19.4	14.6	10.9	10.4	11.4	10.6	9.7	▲ 0.9

Source: Forestry Agency "Wood Demand and Supply Chart"

Note 1: "Wood supply/demand" refers to sum of roundwood and products (sawnwood, plywood, and pulps and chips) in log equivalent.

2: "Self Sufficiency rate(%)" = "Domestic Wood Supply" / "Total Wood Supply" ×100

3: "Others" refers to items such as glulam, worked wood, sleeper, utility pole, pile wood and scaffolding wood.

4: Figures in parentheses refer to wood chips made from wood residue in sawmills.

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

6. Number of Mills/Factories and Production Volumes

Unit	1990	1995	2000	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Sawnwood	Number of sawmills sawnwood shipments	plant thousand m³	16,811 30,012	14,565 24,766	11,692 17,231	9,920 13,929	9,420 13,603	9,011 12,825	8,482 12,554	7,905 11,632
Plywood	Number of plywood mills	plant thousand m³	522 9,839	455 7,321	354 5,401	292 4,913	287 5,389	271 4,636	263 5,183	248 5,227
Inputs for veneer production	thousand m³	9,839	7,321	5,401	4,913	5,389	4,636	5,183	5,227
Common plywood production	thousand m³	997,693	655,799	3,218	3,024	3,149	3,212	3,314	3,073
Special plywood production	thousand m³	372,326	340,687	1,534	1,141	1,100	1,037	1,102	924
Wood chip	Number of wood chip mills	plant thousand ton	4,494	3,535	2,657	2,201	2,106	2,040	1,971	1,857
Wood chip production	(thousand m³)	16,640	11,226	10,851	11,880	5,782	6,005	5,899	5,894
Laminated wood	Number of laminated wood factories	plant	274	293	281	268	263	259	234	225
Laminated wood production	thousand m³	450	582	892	1,407	1,488	1,512	1,675	1,347

Sources: MAFF "Wood demand and supply report," "Timber Statistic," Japan Laminated Wood Products Association

Note 1: Number of mills and factories are as of December 31, 2007.

2: "number of sawmills" excludes sawmills with power output less than 7.5kw.