## Appendix

1. Forestry-related Fundamental Figures

Items	Unit	1980	1990	1995	2000	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
i Gross domestic product (GDP)	billion yen	242,838.7	442,781.0	495,165.5	502,989.9	498,328.4	501,734.4	507,364.8	515,520.4	505,111.9
Forestry	billion yen	826.0	661.2	695.8	886.5	526.5	446.4	477.5	497.3	434.4
Forestry / GDP	%	0.34	0.15	0.14	0.18	0.11	0.09	0.09	0.10	0.09
ii Total number of workers	million	55.36	62.49	64.57	64.46	63.29	63.56	63.82	64.12	63.85
Forestry	million	0.19	0.11	0.09	0.07	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.06
Forestry / Total No. of workers	%	0.34	0.18	0.14	0.11	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.09
iii Area of national land of Japan	million ha	37.77	37.77	37.78	37.79	37.79	37.79	37.79	37.79	37.79
iv	Forest area	million ha	25.28	25.21	25.15	25.15	25.12	25.12	25.12	25.10	25.10
Forest / National land	%	67.8	67.6	67.5	67.5	67.4	67.4	67.4	67.3	67.3
v	Conservation forest area	million ha	7.32	8.30	8.57	8.93	11.33	11.65	11.76	11.88	11.91
Conservation forest / Forest	%	29.0	32.9	34.1	35.5	45.1	46.4	46.8	47.3	47.5
vi	Growing stock of forest	billion m³	2.5	3.1	3.5	3.5	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.4	4.4
vii Industrial wood supply/consumption	million m³	108.96	111.16	111.92	99.26	89.80	85.86	86.79	82.36	77.97
Domestic production	million m³	34.56	29.37	22.92	18.02	16.56	17.18	17.62	18.63	18.73
Import	million m³	74.41	81.79	89.01	81.24	73.25	68.68	69.17	63.74	59.23
Self-sufficiency rate	%	31.7	26.4	20.5	18.2	18.4	20.0	20.3	22.6	24.0
viii New housing starts	million units	1.27	1.71	1.47	1.23	1.19	1.24	1.29	1.06	1.09
Wooden structure rate	%	59.2	42.6	45.3	45.2	45.5	43.9	43.3	47.6	47.3

Source: i: Cabinet Office "SNA (System of National Accounts)," ii: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications "Labor Force Survey"

iii: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism "Statistics reports of Administratives"

iv, v, vi: Forestry Agency, vii: Forestry Agency "Wood Demand and Supply Chart," viii: MLIT "Statistics on Building Construction Starts"

Notes 1: "Protection forest area" in "v" refers to the actual area measurement.

2: "Industrial wood supply/consumption," "Domestic production" and "Import" in "vii" refer to the volume in log equivalent.

2. Gross Domestic Product Classified by Economic Activities (at current prices) (Billion Yen)

Items	1990	1995	2000	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Gross domestic product	442,781	495,166	502,990	498,328	501,734	507,365	515,520	505,112
Industries	416,272	463,956	468,062	460,259	465,356	467,176	471,953	456,846
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	10,916	9,346	8,896	8,053	7,628	7,437	7,326	7,372
Forestry	661	696	887	527	446	478	497	434
Mining	1,121	861	627	481	488	435	348	408
Manufacturing	117,316	114,669	111,439	105,410	107,877	107,766	109,090	100,279
Pulp, paper and paper products	3,365	3,399	3,237	2,822	2,922	2,564	2,435	2,408
Wood and wooden products	1,516	1,469	1,240	993	960	890	836	768
Construction	43,439	40,850	37,130	32,954	31,861	31,849	31,444	30,924
Electricity, gas and water supply	11,232	13,329	13,576	12,727	12,051	11,565	10,280	9,008
Wholesale and retail trade	58,324	75,788	70,661	67,734	69,065	68,234	69,906	69,617
Finance and insurance	30,827	31,964	30,445	33,648	34,940	35,207	34,317	29,395
Real estate	43,051	53,757	57,864	59,841	60,100	60,465	61,292	61,806
Transport and communications	29,090	35,264	34,821	34,277	33,612	33,524	34,130	34,001
Service activities	70,955	88,129	102,604	105,135	107,733	110,695	113,822	114,036
Others	26,509	31,209	34,928	38,069	36,379	40,189	43,567	48,266

Source: Cabinet Office "SNA (System of National Accounts)"

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

3. Gross Forestry Output

(Billion Yen)

Item	1990	1995	2000	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Gross forestry output	977.14	760.55	531.10	434.61	416.77	432.16	441.44	444.87
Log production	728.14	526.61	322.13	220.48	210.23	217.08	225.58	213.30
Softwood	552.50	436.76	265.33	187.76	177.41	183.89	195.20	180.39
Japanese Cedar	215.02	187.39	123.78	92.50	87.53	92.59	102.77	94.12
Hardwood	168.70	86.02	54.72	31.58	31.71	32.19	29.38	32.05
Wood fuel production	8.26	7.93	6.16	6.49	6.09	5.60	5.48	5.05
Mushroom production	229.43	218.32	196.89	203.64	198.50	207.05	208.30	223.98
Forestry by-product	11.32	7.70	5.92	4.00	1.96	2.43	2.08	2.25
Forestry income produced	702.48	532.91	351.87	263.94	245.60	248.78	246.39	241.61

Source: MAFF "Report of Statistics on Forestry Income Produced"

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