14. Wood Supply by Country (log equivalent)

(1,000m³, %)

1995	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Imported wood	North America	Subtotal	(34.2)	(28.9)	(18.8)	(19.0)	(17.3)	(17.9)	(18.2)	(19.2)
38,261	28,700	16,129	16,501	14,221	13,948	11,493	13,506
U.S.	23,273	14,460	6,844	6,747	6,318	6,291	5,163	5,838
Canada	14,987	14,240	9,285	9,754	7,904	7,657	6,330	7,668
Southeast Asia	Subtotal	(14.7)	(13.7)	(12.2)	(12.2)	(10.3)	(9.8)	(9.6)	(8.9)
16,418	13,569	10,511	10,606	8,517	7,632	6,041	6,287
Malaysia	7,601	6,690	5,888	6,590	5,285	4,959	3,755	3,773
Indonesia	6,334	5,858	4,137	3,556	2,777	2,419	2,079	2,304
Others	2,482	1,021	486	460	455	253	207	209
Russia	(6.4)	(7.5)	(8.6)	(8.9)	(8.1)	(4.9)	(3.9)	(3.3)
7,131	7,429	7,411	7,705	6,712	3,795	2,449	2,343
Europe	(2.2)	(4.7)	(6.9)	(7.5)	(6.9)	(5.5)	(6.9)	(7.1)
2,411	4,675	5,937	6,480	5,668	4,324	4,391	4,967
Others	New Zealand	(3.8)	(4.4)	(3.4)	(3.0)	(3.5)	(3.8)	(3.3)	(3.9)
4,263	4,374	2,878	2,644	2,851	2,975	2,086	2,720
Chile	(4.7)	(3.8)	(4.6)	(4.6)	(5.5)	(6.5)	(6.9)	(6.7)
5,311	3,795	3,952	4,010	4,498	5,049	4,389	4,726
Australia	(6.6)	(8.7)	(10.2)	(10.3)	(12.1)	(12.8)	(10.6)	(11.0)
7,428	8,604	8,729	8,908	9,933	9,986	6,674	7,722
China	(1.8)	(2.5)	(3.0)	(3.3)	(2.6)	(2.8)	(2.6)	(3.0)
2,061	2,445	2,544	2,897	2,121	2,156	1,647	2,084
Others	(5.1)	(7.7)	(12.3)	(10.9)	(11.2)	(12.0)	(10.2)	(10.9)
5,721	7,651	10,591	9,422	9,215	9,370	6,451	7,663
Subtotal	(79.5)	(81.8)	(80.0)	(79.7)	(77.4)	(76.0)	(72.2)	(74.0)
89,006	81,241	68,681	69,174	63,735	59,234	45,622	52,018
Domestic wood	(20.5)	(18.2)	(20.0)	(20.3)	(22.6)	(24.0)	(27.8)	(26.0)
22,916	18,022	17,176	17,617	18,626	18,731	17,587	18,236
Total	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)
111,922	99,263	85,857	86,791	82,361	77,965	63,210	70,253

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

5: Total figures may not agree with 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	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Sawnwood	Number of sawmills	plants	14,565	11,692	9,011	8,482	7,905	7,378	6,865	6,569
Sawnwood shipments	1,000m³	24,766	17,231	12,825	12,554	11,632	10,884	9,291	9,415
Plywood	Number of plywood mills	plants	455	354	271	263	248	233	208	192
Inputs for plywood production	1,000m³	7,321	5,401	4,636	5,183	5,227	3,986	3,107	3,811
General plywood production	1,000m³	655,799	3,218	3,212	3,314	3,073	2,586	2,287	2,645
Special plywood production	1,000m³	1,000m³	1,534	1,037	1,102	924	825	636	647
(1,000m²)	340,687
Laminated wood	Number of laminated wood factories	plants	293	281	259	234	225	199	187	182
Laminated wood production	1,000m³	582	892	1,512	1,675	1,346	1,293	1,249	1,455
Wood chips	Number of wood chip mills	plants	3,535	2,657	2,040	1,971	1,857	1,744	1,663	1,578
Wood chip production	1,000tons	11,226	10,851	6,005	5,899	5,894	5,797	5,129	5,406

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	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Number of sawmills	14,565	11,692	9,011	8,482	7,905	7,378	6,865	6,569
-22.5kW	1,394	1,137	899	862	823	790	799	784
22.5-37.5	3,317	2,635	1,919	1,814	1,660	1,501	1,413	1,333
37.5-75.0	5,472	4,406	3,371	3,111	2,861	2,628	2,309	2,165
75.0-150.0	2,596	1,991	1,552	1,461	1,372	1,309	1,241	1,196
150.0-300.0	1,233	980	782	754	706	681	649	641
300.0kW-	553	543	488	480	483	469	454	450
Number of sawmill employees	104,197	73,625	49,159	45,389	42,127	38,260	34,970	33,479

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

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