14. Wood Supply by Country (roundwood equivalent)

(Unit: 1,000m $ ^{3} $ , %)

1995	2000	2005	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Imported wood	North America	Subtotal	(34.2) 38,261	(28.9) 28,700	(18.8) 16,129	(17.3) 14,221	(17.9) 13,948	(18.2) 11,493	(19.2) 13,506	(19.1) 13,871
U.S.	23,273	14,460	6,844	6,318	6,291	5,163	5,838	5,877
Canada	14,987	14,240	9,285	7,904	7,657	6,330	7,668	7,993
Southeast Asia	Subtotal	(14.7) 16,418	(13.7) 13,569	(12.2) 10,511	(10.3) 8,517	(9.8) 7,632	(9.6) 6,041	(8.9) 6,287	(9.1) 6,586
Malaysia	7,601	6,690	5,888	5,285	4,959	3,755	3,773	3,701
Indonesia	6,334	5,858	4,137	2,777	2,419	2,079	2,304	2,622
Others	2,482	1,021	486	455	253	207	209	263
Russia	(6.4) 7,131	(7.5) 7,429	(8.6) 7,411	(8.1) 6,712	(4.9) 3,795	(3.9) 2,449	(3.3) 2,343	(3.3) 2,410
Europe	(2.2) 2,411	(4.7) 4,675	(6.9) 5,937	(6.9) 5,668	(5.5) 4,324	(6.9) 4,391	(7.1) 4,967	(7.6) 5,553
Others	New Zealand	(3.8) 4,263	(4.4) 4,374	(3.4) 2,878	(3.5) 2,851	(3.8) 2,975	(3.3) 2,086	(3.9) 2,720	(3.8) 2,772
Chile	(4.7) 5,311	(3.8) 3,795	(4.6) 3,952	(5.5) 4,498	(6.5) 5,049	(6.9) 4,389	(6.7) 4,726	(7.2) 5,210
Australia	(6.6) 7,428	(8.7) 8,604	(10.2) 8,729	(12.1) 9,933	(12.8) 9,986	(10.6) 6,674	(11.0) 7,722	(7.7) 5,629
China	(1.8) 2,061	(2.5) 2,445	(3.0) 2,544	(2.6) 2,121	(2.8) 2,156	(2.6) 1,647	(3.0) 2,084	(3.6) 2,633
Others	(5.1) 5,721	(7.7) 7,651	(12.3) 10,591	(11.2) 9,215	(12.0) 9,370	(10.2) 6,451	(10.9) 7,663	(12.0) 8,695
Subtotal	(79.5) 89,006	(81.8) 81,241	(80.0) 68,681	(77.4) 63,735	(76.0) 59,234	(72.2) 45,622	(74.0) 52,018	(73.4) 53,358
Domestic wood	(20.5) 22,916	(18.2) 18,022	(20.0) 17,176	(22.6) 18,626	(24.0) 18,731	(27.8) 17,587	(26.0) 18,236	(26.6) 19,367
Total	(100.0) 111,922	(100.0) 99,263	(100.0) 85,857	(100.0) 82,361	(100.0) 77,965	(100.0) 63,210	(100.0) 70,253	(100.0) 72,725

Note 1: Figures refer to the sum of domestic/imported roundwood volume and imported products volume (sawnwood, plywood, and pulp and ch. converted into roundwood 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 each volume to the "total" volume of each year.

5: Total figures may not be equal to the sum of each item due to round off.

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

15. Number of Mills/Factories and Production Volumes

Unit	1995	2000	2005	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Sawnwood	Number of sawmills	plants	14,565	11,692	9,011	7,905	7,378	6,865	6,569	6,242
Sawnwood shipments	1,000m³	24,766	17,231	12,825	11,632	10,884	9,291	9,415	9,434
Plywood	Number of plywood mills	plants	455	354	271	248	233	208	192	203
Inputs for plywood production	1,000m³	7,321	5,401	4,636	5,227	3,986	3,107	3,811	3,858
General plywood production	1,000m³(1,000m²)	655,799	3,218	3,212	3,073	2,586	2,287	2,645	2,486
Special plywood production	1,000m³(1,000m²)	340,687	1,534	1,037	924	825	636	647	703
Laminated wood	Number of laminated wood factories	plants	293	281	259	225	199	187	182	181
Laminated wood production	1,000m³	582	892	1,512	1,346	1,293	1,249	1,455	1,455
Wood chips	Number of wood chip mills	plants	3,535	2,657	2,040	1,857	1,744	1,663	1,578	1,545
Wood chip production	1,000tons(1,000m³)	11,226	10,851	6,005	5,894	5,797	5,129	5,406	5,638

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

Source: MAFF "Wood Demand and Supply Report", "Timber Statistic", Japan Laminated Wood Products Association

16. Number of Sawmills and Sawmill Employees

1995	2000	2005	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Number of sawmills	14,565	11,692	9,011	7,905	7,378	6,865	6,569	6,242
-22.5kW	1,394	1,137	899	823	790	799	784	757
22.5-37.5	3,317	2,635	1,919	1,660	1,501	1,413	1,333	1,286
37.5-75.0	5,472	4,406	3,371	2,861	2,628	2,309	2,165	2,015
75.0-150.0	2,596	1,991	1,552	1,372	1,309	1,241	1,196	1,124
150.0-300.0	1,233	980	782	706	681	649	641	619
300.0kW-	553	543	488	483	469	454	450	441
Number of sawmill employees	104,197	73,625	49,159	42,127	38,260	34,970	33,479	32,482

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

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