14. Wood Supply by Country (roundwood equivalent)

(Unit: 1,000m³, %)

1995	2000	2005	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Imported wood	North America	Subtotal	(34.2) 38,261	(28.9) 28,700	(18.8) 16,129	(18.2) 11,493	(19.2) 13,506	(19.1) 13,871	(18.6) 13,108	(18.9) 13,942
U.S.	23,273	14,460	6,844	5,163	5,838	5,877	5,560	6,225
Canada	14,987	14,240	9,285	6,330	7,668	7,993	7,548	7,717
Southeast Asia	Subtotal	(14.7) 16,418	(13.7) 13,569	(12.2) 10,511	(9.6) 6,041	(8.9) 6,287	(9.1) 6,586	(8.8) 6,235	(8.7) 6,439
Malaysia	7,601	6,690	5,888	3,755	3,773	3,701	3,543	3,518
Indonesia	6,334	5,858	4,137	2,079	2,304	2,622	2,506	2,787
Others	2,482	1,021	486	207	209	263	186	134
Russia	(6.4) 7,131	(7.5) 7,429	(8.6) 7,411	(3.9) 2,449	(3.3) 2,343	(3.3) 2,410	(3.1) 2,196	(3.2) 2,380
Europe	(2.2) 2,411	(4.7) 4,675	(6.9) 5,937	(6.9) 4,391	(7.1) 4,967	(7.6) 5,553	(7.8) 5,509	(9.1) 6,754
Others	New Zealand	(3.8) 4,263	(4.4) 4,374	(3.4) 2,878	(3.3) 2,086	(3.9) 2,720	(3.8) 2,772	(3.6) 2,570	(3.0) 2,217
Chile	(4.7) 5,311	(3.8) 3,795	(4.6) 3,952	(6.9) 4,389	(6.7) 4,726	(7.2) 5,210	(7.3) 5,189	(6.3) 4,617
Australia	(6.6) 7,428	(8.7) 8,604	(10.2) 8,729	(10.6) 6,674	(11.0) 7,722	(7.7) 5,629	(7.5) 5,323	(5.6) 4,106
China	(1.8) 2,061	(2.5) 2,445	(3.0) 2,544	(2.6) 1,647	(3.0) 2,084	(3.6) 2,633	(3.4) 2,396	(3.4) 2,483
Others	(5.1) 5,721	(7.7) 7,651	(12.3) 10,591	(10.2) 6,451	(10.9) 7,663	(12.0) 8,695	(11.9) 8,421	(13.3) 9,810
Subtotal	(79.5) 89,006	(81.8) 81,241	(80.0) 68,681	(72.2) 45,622	(74.0) 52,018	(73.4) 53,358	(72.1) 50,947	(71.4) 52,750
Domestic wood	(20.5) 22,916	(18.2) 18,022	(20.0) 17,176	(27.8) 17,587	(26.0) 18,236	(26.6) 19,367	(27.9) 19,686	(28.6) 21,117
Total	(100.0) 111,922	(100.0) 99,263	(100.0) 85,857	(100.0) 63,210	(100.0) 70,253	(100.0) 72,725	(100.0) 70,633	(100.0) 73,867

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	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Sawnwood	Number of sawmills	plants	14,565	11,692	9,011	6,865	6,569	6,242	5,927	5,690
Sawnwood shipments	1,000m³	24,766	17,231	12,825	9,291	9,415	9,434	9,302	10,100
Plywood	Number of plywood mills	plants	455	354	271	208	192	203	197	195
Inputs for plywood production	1,000m³	7,321	5,401	4,636	3,107	3,811	3,858	3,837	4,181
General plywood production	1,000m³(1,000m²)	655,799	3,218	3,212	2,287	2,645	2,486	2,549	2,811
Special plywood production	1,000m³(1,000m²)	340,687	1,534	1,037	636	647	703	640	654
Laminated wood	Number of laminated wood factories	plants	293	281	259	187	182	181	174	166
Laminated wood production	1,000m³	582	892	1,512	1,249	1,455	1,455	1,524	1,647
Wood chips	Number of wood chip mills	plants	3,535	2,657	2,040	1,663	1,578	1,545	1,536	1,510
Wood chip production	1,000tons(1,000m³)	11,226	10,851	6,005	5,129	5,407	5,633	5,861	6,452

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	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Number of sawmills	14,565	11,692	9,011	6,865	6,569	6,242	5,927	5,690
-22.5kW	1,394	1,137	899	799	784	757	716	716
22.5-37.5	3,317	2,635	1,919	1,413	1,333	1,286	1,195	1,140
37.5-75.0	5,472	4,406	3,371	2,309	2,165	2,015	1,891	1,759
75.0-150.0	2,596	1,991	1,552	1,241	1,196	1,124	1,082	1,039
150.0-300.0	1,233	980	782	649	641	619	601	604
300.0kW-	553	543	488	454	450	441	442	432

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

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