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

1995	2000	2005	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Imported wood	North America	Subtotal	(34.2)	(28.9)	(18.8)	(17.9)	(18.2)	(19.2)	(19.1)	(18.6)
38,261	28,700	16,129	13,948	11,493	13,506	13,871	13,108
U.S.	23,273	14,460	6,844	6,291	5,163	5,838	5,877	5,560
Canada	14,987	14,240	9,285	7,657	6,330	7,668	7,993	7,548
Southeast Asia	Subtotal	(14.7)	(13.7)	(12.2)	(9.8)	(9.6)	(8.9)	(9.1)	(8.8)
16,418	13,569	10,511	7,632	6,041	6,287	6,586	6,235
Malaysia	7,601	6,690	5,888	4,959	3,755	3,773	3,701	3,543
Indonesia	6,334	5,858	4,137	2,419	2,079	2,304	2,622	2,506
Others	2,482	1,021	486	253	207	209	263	186
Russia	(6.4)	(7.5)	(8.6)	(4.9)	(3.9)	(3.3)	(3.3)	(3.1)
7,131	7,429	7,411	3,795	2,449	2,343	2,410	2,196
Europe	(2.2)	(4.7)	(6.9)	(5.5)	(6.9)	(7.1)	(7.6)	(7.8)
2,411	4,675	5,937	4,324	4,391	4,967	5,553	5,509
Others	New Zealand	(3.8)	(4.4)	(3.4)	(3.8)	(3.3)	(3.9)	(3.8)	(3.6)
4,263	4,374	2,878	2,975	2,086	2,720	2,772	2,570
Chile	(4.7)	(3.8)	(4.6)	(6.5)	(6.9)	(6.7)	(7.2)	(7.3)
5,311	3,795	3,952	5,049	4,389	4,726	5,210	5,189
Australia	(6.6)	(8.7)	(10.2)	(12.8)	(10.6)	(11.0)	(7.7)	(7.5)
7,428	8,604	8,729	9,986	6,674	7,722	5,629	5,323
China	(1.8)	(2.5)	(3.0)	(2.8)	(2.6)	(3.0)	(3.6)	(3.4)
2,061	2,445	2,544	2,156	1,647	2,084	2,633	2,396
Others	(5.1)	(7.7)	(12.3)	(12.0)	(10.2)	(10.9)	(12.0)	(11.9)
5,721	7,651	10,591	9,370	6,451	7,663	8,695	8,421
Subtotal	(79.5)	(81.8)	(80.0)	(76.0)	(72.2)	(74.0)	(73.4)	(72.1)
89,006	81,241	68,681	59,234	45,622	52,018	53,358	50,947
Domestic wood	(20.5)	(18.2)	(20.0)	(24.0)	(27.8)	(26.0)	(26.6)	(27.9)
22,916	18,022	17,176	18,731	17,587	18,236	19,367	19,686
Total	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)	(100.0)
111,922	99,263	85,857	77,965	63,210	70,253	72,725	70,633

Note 1: Figures refer to the sum of domestic/imported roundwood volume and imported products volume (sawnwood, plywood, and pulp and chips) 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	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Sawnwood	Number of sawmills	plants	14,565	11,692	9,011	7,378	6,865	6,569	6,242	5,927
Sawnwood shipments	1,000m³	24,766	17,231	12,825	10,884	9,291	9,415	9,434	9,302
Plywood	Number of plywood mills	plants	455	354	271	233	208	192	203	197
Inputs for plywood production	1,000m³	7,321	5,401	4,636	3,986	3,107	3,811	3,858	3,837
General plywood production	1,000m³
(1,000m²)	655,799	3,218	3,212	2,586	2,287	2,645	2,486	2,549
Special plywood production	1,000m³
(1,000m²)	340,687	1,534	1,037	825	636	647	703	640
Laminated wood	Number of laminated wood factories	plants	293	281	259	199	187	182	181	174
Laminated wood production	1,000m³	582	892	1,512	1,293	1,249	1,455	1,455	1,524
Wood chips	Number of wood chip mills	plants	3,535	2,657	2,040	1,744	1,663	1,578	1,545	1,536
Wood chip production	1,000tons
(1,000m³)	11,226	10,851	6,005	5,797	5,129	5,406	5,638	5,864

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	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Number of sawmills	14,565	11,692	9,011	7,378	6,865	6,569	6,242	5,927
-22.5kW	1,394	1,137	899	790	799	784	757	716
22.5-37.5	3,317	2,635	1,919	1,501	1,413	1,333	1,286	1,195
37.5-75.0	5,472	4,406	3,371	2,628	2,309	2,165	2,015	1,891
75.0-150.0	2,596	1,991	1,552	1,309	1,241	1,196	1,124	1,082
150.0-300.0	1,233	980	782	681	649	641	619	601
300.0kW-	553	543	488	469	454	450	441	442
Number of sawmill employees	104,197	73,625	49,159	38,260	34,970	33,479	32,482	31,638

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

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