3. Current State of Forest Resources

Units: thousand ha, million m $ ^{3} $

Classification	Total	Standing timber area (canopy cover more than 30%)	Treeless land (canopy cover less than 30 %)	Bamboo groves
Planted forest	Natural forest
Area	Growin stock	Area	Growin stock	Area	Growin stock	Area
Total	25,097	4,431.74	10,347	2,651.31	13,383	1,779.39	1,208	1.04	159
National forest	Total	7,686	1,078.27	2,364	423.61	4,691	653.81	631	0.86	0
Under the Forestry Agency's jurisdiction	Total	7,623	1,070.90	2,355	420.82	4,646	649.23	622	0.86	0
State-owned	7,513	1,051.90	2,267	402.02	4,643	649.03	603	0.85	0
Government reforestation	101	19.01	88	18.80	2	0.20	10	0.00	0
Others	9	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	9	0.00	0
Under other agency's jurisdiction	63	7.37	9	2.80	45	4.57	9	0.00	0
Private and public forest	Total	17,411	3,353.47	7,983	2,227.70	8,693	1,125.59	577	0.18	159
Public forests	Total	2,830	484.33	1,247	294.62	1,449	189.63	128	0.08	6
Prefecture	1,188	190.35	464	100.66	667	89.68	56	0.01	1
Minicipality	1,642	293.98	783	193.96	782	99.95	72	0.07	5
Private forest	14,535	2,863.51	6,724	1,930.60	7,217	932.81	445	0.10	150
Others	46	5.63	12	2.48	27	3.15	4	0.00	3

Source: Forestry Agency

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

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

4: Figures are as of March 31, 2007.

4. Wood Supply/Demand (in log equivalent)

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

Total supply/demand of wood	Wood for industrial use	Wood for fuel	Wood for mushroom cultivation	Wood (industrial use) demand	Wood supply	Self-sufficiency rate
for sawnwood	for pulp and chips	for plywood	others	Domestic wood	Imported wood
1955	65,206	45,278	19,928	-	30,295	8,285	2,297	4,401	42,794	2,484	94.5
1960	71,467	56,547	14,920	-	37,789	10,189	3,178	5,391	49,006	7,541	86.7
1965	76,798	70,530	6,268	-	47,084	14,335	5,187	3,924	50,375	20,155	71.4
1970	106,601	102,679	2,348	1,574	62,009	24,887	13,059	2,724	46,241	56,438	45.0
1975	99,303	96,369	1,132	1,802	55,341	27,298	11,173	2,557	34,577	61,792	35.9
1980	112,211	108,964	1,200	2,047	56,713	35,868	12,840	3,543	34,557	74,407	31.7
1985	95,447	92,901	572	1,974	44,539	32,915	11,217	4,230	33,074	59,827	35.6
1990	113,242	111,162	517	1,563	53,887	41,344	14,546	1,385	29,369	81,793	26.4
1995	113,698	111,922	721	1,055	50,384	44,922	14,314	2,302	22,916	89,006	20.5
2000	101,006	99,263	940	803	40,946	42,186	13,825	2,306	18,022	81,241	18.2
2003	88,875	87,191	1,050	634	34,766	36,979	12,810	2,636	16,155	71,036	18.5
2004	91,437	89,799	1,028	610	35,041	37,981	13,976	2,802	16,555	73,245	18.4
2005	87,423	85,857	1,001	565	32,901	37,608	12,586	2,763	17,176	68,681	20.0
2006	88,306	86,791	979	535	33,032	36,907	13,720	3,131	17,617	69,174	20.3
2007	83,879	82,361	976	542	30,455	37,124	11,260	3,522	18,626	63,735	22.6

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" / "Imported Wood Supply" ×100

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

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