14. Wood Supply by Country (in log equivalent)

1990	1995	2000	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Imported wood	North America	Subtotal	(35.0) 38,862	(34.2) 38,261	(28.9) 28,700	(20.1) 18,087	(18.8) 16,129	(19.0) 16,501	(17.3) 14,221	(17.9) 13,948
U.S. Canada	27,479 11,383	23,273 14,987	14,460 14,240	7,355 10,733	6,844 9,285	6,747 9,754	6,318 7,904	6,291 7,657
Southeast Asia	Subtotal	(18.4) 20,475	(14.7) 16,418	(13.7) 13,569	(12.7) 11,424	(12.2) 10,511	(12.2) 10,606	(10.3) 8,517	(9.8) 7,632
Malaysia Indonesia Others	13,389 5,618 1,468	7,601 6,334 2,482	6,690 5,858 1,021	5,635 5,234 554	5,888 4,137 486	6,590 3,556 460	5,285 2,777 455	4,959 2,419 253
Russia	(6.0) 6,661	(6.4) 7,131	(7.5) 7,429	(9.5) 8,550	(8.6) 7,411	(8.9) 7,705	(8.1) 6,712	(4.9) 3,795
Europe	(0.5) 606	(2.2) 2,411	(4.7) 4,675	(6.8) 6,123	(6.9) 5,937	(7.5) 6,480	(6.9) 5,668	(5.5) 4,324
Others	New Zealand	(3.0) 3,286	(3.8) 4,263	(4.4) 4,374	(3.4) 3,086	(3.4) 2,878	(3.0) 2,644	(3.5) 2,851	(3.8) 2,975
Chile	(3.2) 3,553	(4.7) 5,311	(3.8) 3,795	(4.3) 3,889	(4.6) 3,952	(4.6) 4,010	(5.5) 4,498	(6.5) 5,049
Australia	(4.4) 4,889	(6.6) 7,428	(8.7) 8,604	(10.2) 9,134	(10.2) 8,729	(10.3) 8,908	(12.1) 9,933	(12.8) 9,986
China	(0.6) 617	(1.8) 2,061	(2.5) 2,445	(2.8) 2,497	(3.0) 2,544	(3.3) 2,897	(2.6) 2,121	(2.8) 2,156
Others	(2.6) 2,844	(5.1) 5,721	(7.7) 7,651	(11.6) 10,454	(12.3) 10,591	(10.9) 9,422	(11.2) 9,215	(12.0) 9,370
Subtotal	(73.6) 81,793	(79.5) 89,006	(81.8) 81,241	(81.6) 73,244	(80.0) 68,681	(79.7) 69,174	(77.4) 63,735	(76.0) 59,234
Domestic wood	(26.4) 29,369	(20.5) 22,916	(18.2) 18,022	(18.4) 16,555	(20.0) 17,176	(20.3) 17,617	(22.6) 18,626	(24.0) 18,731
Total	(100.0) 111,162	(100.0) 111,922	(100.0) 99,263	(100.0) 89,799	(100.0) 85,857	(100.0) 86,791	(100.0) 82,361	(100.0) 77,965

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	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Saw nw ood	Number of saw mills	plants	16,811	14,565	11,692	9,420	9,011	8,482	7,905	7,378
Saw nw ood shipments	1,000m³	30,012	24,766	17,231	13,603	12,825	12,554	11,632	10,884
Plyw ood	Number of plyw ood mills	plants	522	455	354	287	271	263	248	233
Inputs for plyw ood production	1,000m³	9,839	7,321	5,401	5,389	4,636	5,183	5,227	3,986
Common plyw ood production	1,000m³	3,218	3,149	3,212	3,314	3,073	2,586
Special plyw ood production	(1,000m²)	997,693	655,799
1,000m³	1,534	1,100	1,037	1,102	924	825
(1,000m²)	372,326	340,687
Laminated wood	Number of laminated wood factories	plants	274	293	281	263	259	234	225	199
Laminated wood production	1,000m³	450	582	892	1,488	1,512	1,675	1,346	1,293
Wood chips	Number of wood chip mills	plants	4,494	3,535	2,657	2,106	2,040	1,971	1,857	1,744
Wood chip production	1,000tons	5,782	6,005	5,899	5,894	5,797
(1,000m³)	16,640	11,226	10,851

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	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of saw mills	16,811	14,565	11,692	9,420	9,011	8,482	7,905	7,378
-22.5kW	2,106	1,394	1,137	906	899	862	823	790
22.5-37.5	3,791	3,317	2,635	2,144	1,919	1,814	1,660	1,501
37.5-75.0	6,203	5,472	4,406	3,429	3,371	3,111	2,861	2,628
75.0-150.0	2,853	2,596	1,991	1,630	1,552	1,461	1,372	1,309
150.0-300.0	1,325	1,233	980	814	782	754	706	681
300.0kW-	533	553	543	497	488	480	483	469
Number of saw mill employees	124,195	104,197	73,625	55,118	49,159	45,389	42,127	38,260

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

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