(f) Pulpwood 



1.. Wood palp mi 11b in Japan consume much less 



wood than other wood-using industries such as 

 lumber and charcoal. Prom a total annual 

 growth per year of 1,693,000,000 cubic feet, 

 only a little over 30,000,000 cubic feet were 

 consumed in 1946 by the wood pulp industry. 

 However, the volume of ./ood consumed annually 

 for a seven-year period up to 1944 was approxi- 

 mately 120,000,000 cubic feef, consequently a 

 substaoitial increase in the use of pulpwood 

 is essential for the future cultural expansion 

 in Japan. The preferred species are the 

 spruce and fir (yszomatsu and todomatsu), 

 which grow abundemtly in Hokkaido, and the red 

 and black pines (akamatsu and kuromatsu) of 

 Old Japan. Other species used for pulping 

 include beech and hemlock. 



2. A substantial increase in the rayon incuetjry 

 is essential and the production of icraft pulp, 

 both unbleached and bleached, will become a 

 necessity if Japan is to have strong papere of 

 relatively high quality. 



3. The following table shows the 1946 production 

 of the various types of pulp produced and the 

 cubic feet of pulpwood consumed: 



PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTICIT OP PULPWOOD, 



(g) Bamboo 



1946 PRODUCTION 



Moso species 



All other species 



2,255,000 pieces 

 4,437,000 bundles 



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