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fTHE OUTLOOK FOR TIMBER IN THE. "UNITED STATES 



Table 102. — Timber products consumed in Japan, 

 1970-72, by source of supply 



[Million cubic feet, roundwood equivalent] 



Item and source 



1970 



1971 



1972 



Domestic supply 



1 , 632. 7 



1,589.0 



1,585.4 







Foreign supply: 

 Logs: 



United States __ ._ 



336. 5 

 247. 2 



19. 1 

 614. 4 



59.3 

 113.3 



251. 1 

 247. 2 



23. 

 649.7 



62. 5 

 116. 5 



366. 2 



U.S.S.R 



Canada 



280. 

 9. 5 



South Seas Lauan. _ . . 

 New Zealand .. . 



635. 9 

 63. 6 



Other 



121. 5 







Total logs. . 



1,389. 8 



1 , 350. 



1,476. 7 



Lumber : 

 United States . . 



44. 4 



6.0 



102. 6 



14. 4 

 4.8 

 9.0 



39. 6 



6.0 



54. 6 



12. 6 



5.4 



6.6 



52. 2 



U.S.S.R 



Canada . . _ _ _ 



6.0 



55. 8 



South Sea Lauan . 

 New Zealand 



8.4 

 6.0 



Other .. 



15. 







Total lumber, . _ 



181. 2 



124. 8 



144. 



Wood chips: 



United States ... 



205.0 

 10. 5 

 27. 2 



116.7 



5. 6 



47.5 



161. 1 



New Zealand .... 



6. 8 



Other ... . 



61. 1 







Total wood chips 



242. 6 



169. 8 



229. 



Woodpulp: 



United States 



60. 6 

 3. 8 



85. 2 

 0.4 

 8.9 



46. 1 

 2. 1 



61. 2 

 0.3 

 5.9 



58. 



U.S.S.R 



Canada. 



2. 4 

 66. 



New Zealand. 



0. 8 



Other 



10. 1 







Total woodpulp ... 



158.9 



115. 7 



137. 3 



Paper and board: 



United States ..... 



NA 

 NA 



NA 



0. 8 

 5.0 

 1.3 



1. 4 



Canada 



8. 1 



Other . ... 



5. 1 







Total paper and 

 board 



10. 1 



7. 1 



14. 6 



Total foreign supply.. 



1,982.6 



1 , 767. 4 



2,001.6 



Total supply 



3,615. 3 



3,357.4 



3,587.0 



Sources: Derived from data published by Japan For- 

 estry Agency. Timber demand and supply for 1971-1972. 

 Japan Lumber Journal, 13(1), January 10, 1972; and 

 Ministry of Finance, Japan Tariff Association, Japan 

 exports and imports, commodity by country. Tokvo, Decem- 

 ber 1971 and November 1972. 



that increases in exports will be limited by increas- 

 ing competition and rising prices for logs on the 

 Pacific Coast, anticipated expansion in use of 

 wood by the U.S. pulp and paper industry, and 

 possible increases in timber supplies from Siberia 

 and tropical sources. 



Table 103. — Consumption, domestic production, 

 and imports of industrial timber products in 

 Japan, 1969-71, with projections to 2021 \ 



[Million cubic feet, roundwood equivalent] 



Item 



1969-71 

 annual 

 average 



Projections 





1981 



1991 



2021 



Consumption of indus- 

 trial timber for: 

 Lumber 



2, 133 

 830 



561 



2,528 

 1,416 



816 







Pulp products . 







Plywood and mis- 

 cellaneous prod- 

 ucts. . ... 













All products 



Domestic production 



Imports. 



3,527 

 1,635 

 1,893 



4, 760 

 1,755 

 3, 005 



5,201 

 2,073 

 3, 128 



5.399 

 3,330 

 2,069 







1 Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 



Source: Japan Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. 

 Basic plan relating to forest resources and long-term forecasts 

 relating to the demand for and supply of important forest 

 products. Cabinet Decision. February 16, 1973. 



The Situation in Other Countries and Regions 



Although most of the U.S. export trade in 

 timber products has been with Europe and Japan, 

 there have been significant exports of woodpulp, 

 paper and board, lumber, logs, veneer, and ply- 

 wood to Canada and other countries of the world 

 and these exports have been rising slowly (Append. 

 IV). In the projections shown in Chapter V some 

 allowances have been made for increased ship- 

 ments to U.S. export markets around the world. 



WORLD FOREST LAND AND TIMBER 

 RESOURCES 



A large part of the forest resources of the world 

 has never been surveyed, and the available data 

 on forest areas and timber volumes for many 

 forested areas undoubtedly contain substantial 

 errors of estimate. Nonetheless, it seems apparent 

 that there are a number of potentials for expanding 

 production and exports of timber products in 

 various forested regions. 



Forest Areas 



Forests cover an estimated 9,172 million acres, 

 or about 28 percent of the world's land area 

 (table 104). About two-thirds of these forest 

 lands support hardwood species; only one-third is 

 classed as softwood forests. The world's softwood 

 acreage is concentrated in the USSR (1,366 mil- 

 lion acres) and in North America (1,087 million 

 acres), with only 525 million acres in all other 

 countries. 



