14. Wood Supply by Country (in log equivalent)

1990	1995	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Imported wood	North America	Subtotal	(35.0)	(34.2)	(28.9)	(18.8)	(19.0)	(17.3)	(17.9)	(18.2)
38,862	38,261	28,700	16,129	16,501	14,221	13,948	11,493
U.S.	27,479	23,273	14,460	6,844	6,747	6,318	6,291	5,163
Canada	11,383	14,987	14,240	9,285	9,754	7,904	7,657	6,330
Southeast Asia	Subtotal	(18.4)	(14.7)	(13.7)	(12.2)	(12.2)	(10.3)	(9.8)	(9.6)
20,475	16,418	13,569	10,511	10,606	8,517	7,632	6,041
Malaysia	13,389	7,601	6,690	5,888	6,590	5,285	4,959	3,755
Indonesia	5,618	6,334	5,858	4,137	3,556	2,777	2,419	2,079
Others	1,468	2,482	1,021	486	460	455	253	207
Russia	(6.0)	(6.4)	(7.5)	(8.6)	(8.9)	(8.1)	(4.9)	(3.9)
6,661	7,131	7,429	7,411	7,705	6,712	3,795	2,449
Europe	(0.5)	(2.2)	(4.7)	(6.9)	(7.5)	(6.9)	(5.5)	(6.9)
606	2,411	4,675	5,937	6,480	5,668	4,324	4,391
Others	New Zealand	(3.0)	(3.8)	(4.4)	(3.4)	(3.0)	(3.5)	(3.8)	(3.3)
3,286	4,263	4,374	2,878	2,644	2,851	2,975	2,086
Chile	(3.2)	(4.7)	(3.8)	(4.6)	(4.6)	(5.5)	(6.5)	(6.9)
3,553	5,311	3,795	3,952	4,010	4,498	5,049	4,389
Australia	(4.4)	(6.6)	(8.7)	(10.2)	(10.3)	(12.1)	(12.8)	(10.6)
4,889	7,428	8,604	8,729	8,908	9,933	9,986	6,674
China	(0.6)	(1.8)	(2.5)	(3.0)	(3.3)	(2.6)	(2.8)	(2.6)
617	2,061	2,445	2,544	2,897	2,121	2,156	1,647
Others	(2.6)	(5.1)	(7.7)	(12.3)	(10.9)	(11.2)	(12.0)	(10.2)
2,844	5,721	7,651	10,591	9,422	9,215	9,370	6,451
Subtotal	(73.6)	(79.5)	(81.8)	(80.0)	(79.7)	(77.4)	(76.0)	(72.2)
81,793	89,006	81,241	68,681	69,174	63,735	59,234	45,622
Domestic wood	(26.4)	(20.5)	(18.2)	(20.0)	(20.3)	(22.6)	(24.0)	(27.8)
29,369	22,916	18,022	17,176	17,617	18,626	18,731	17,587
Total	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)
111,162	111,922	99,263	85,857	86,791	82,361	77,965	63,210

Source: Ministry of Finance "Trade Statistics of Japan", Forestry Agency "Wood Demand and Supply Chart"

Note 1: Figures refer to sum of domestic/imported roundwood and imported products (sawnwood, plywood, and pulp and chips) in log equivalent.

2: Others of Southeast Asia include Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Papua New Guinea and Solomon.

3: Others of Others include African countries.

4: Figures in parentheses refer to the percentage of total volume.

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

15. Number of Mills/Factories and Production Volumes

Unit	1990	1995	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Saw nw ood	Number of saw mills	plants	16,811	14,565	11,692	9,011	8,482	7,905	7,378	6,865
Saw nw ood shipments	1,000m³	30,012	24,766	17,231	12,825	12,554	11,632	10,884	9,291
Plyw ood	Number of plyw ood mills	plants	522	455	354	271	263	248	233	208
Inputs for plyw ood production	1,000m³	9,839	7,321	5,401	4,636	5,183	5,227	3,986	3,107
Common plyw ood production	1,000m³	3,218	3,212	3,314	3,073	2,586	2,287
Special plyw ood production	(1,000m²)	997,693	655,799
1,000m³	372,326	340,687	1,534	1,037	1,102	924	825	636
Laminated wood	Number of laminated wood factories	plants	274	293	281	259	234	225	199	187
Laminated wood production	1,000m³	450	582	892	1,512	1,675	1,346	1,293	1,249
Wood chips	Number of wood chip mills	plants	4,494	3,535	2,657	2,040	1,971	1,857	1,744	1,663
Wood chip production	1,000tons	(1,000m³)	16,640	11,226	10,851	6,005	5,899	5,894	5,129

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

Note: "Number of sawmills" excludes sawmills with power output less than 7.5kW.

16. Number of Sawmills and Sawmill Employees

1990	1995	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Number of saw mills	16,811	14,565	11,692	9,011	8,482	7,905	7,378	6,865
-22.5kW	2,106	1,394	1,137	899	862	823	790	799
22.5-37.5	3,791	3,317	2,635	1,919	1,814	1,660	1,501	1,413
37.5-75.0	6,203	5,472	4,406	3,371	3,111	2,861	2,628	2,309
75.0-150.0	2,853	2,596	1,991	1,552	1,461	1,372	1,309	1,241
150.0-300.0	1,325	1,233	980	782	754	706	681	649
300.0kW-	533	553	543	488	480	483	469	454
Number of saw mill employees	124,195	104,197	73,625	49,159	45,389	42,127	38,260	34,970

Source: MAFF "Wood Demand and Supply Report", "Timber Statistics"

Note: Figures exclude saw mills with power output less than 7.5kW.