Japan Success Strategies for Life and Business

Paper & Wood Products

Japan houses are aging and the Baby Boomers who bought them in high-growth years are rebuilding existing homes.  Demand for wood products has subsequently rose, as well. Many wood processing mills in eastern, coastal Japan were extensively damaged caused by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Approximately a capacity of 60,000 cu.m of plywood per month was lost in the disaster.

Awagami Factory, Chikazwa Paper, Emachu, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Hokushin, International Tropical Timber Organization, Iseto, Isowa, Japan Container and Packaging Recycling Association, Japan Federation of Wood Industry Associations, Japan Lumber Inspection and Research Association, Japan Lumber Journal, Japan Overseas Plantation Center for Pulpwood, Japan Packaging Institute, Japan Paper Association, Japan Pulp and Paper, Japan TAPPI, Japan Wood Preserving Association, Japan Wood Products Information & Research Center, Japan Wood Research Society, Japanese Forest Society, Kohjin, Lintec, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Moriki Paper, Murakami Lumber, Nippon Paper Chemicals, Nippon Paper Group, Nippon Paper Papylia, Oji Interpack, Oji Paper, Rengo, Seihoku, Shingu Shoko, Sumitomo Forestry, Tokiwa, Tokushu Takai Paper, Tomoegawa, Unicharm, Yupo

Source:  Japan Lumber Journal

Monthly price series for the wooden building materials
to which the Japanese market pays a greater attention.
Unit: wholesalers' selling prices (kudabashira = yen / piece; others = yen / cbm)
2011
April
May
June
July
Douglas Fir
45x45mm, KD, rafter, 4m
54,880
54,880
54,880
53,760
Douglas Fir
45x105mm, solid, KD, floor joist, 4m
54,880
54,880
54,880
52,640
Douglas Fir
120mm sq., laminated, 6m
89,600
89,600
89,600
89,600
Douglas Fir
hirakaku, KD, 3, 4m
54,880
57,120
57,120
57,120
Douglas Fir
hirakaku, laminated, 3, 4m
89,600
89,600
89,600
89,600
Whitewood
105mm sq., 5-ply kudabashira, home-sawn
1,850
1,900
2,000
2,000
Whitewood
105mm sq., 5-ply kudabashira, imported
1,800
1,900
2,000
2,000
Whitewood
27x105mm, solid, 3m, Central EU
43,000
44,000
45,000
45,000
Whitewood
27x105mm, solid, 3m, Nordic
43,000
44,000
45,000
45,000
Whitewood
30x105mm, finger-jointed, 3m Central EU
43,000
44,000
45,000
45,000
Whitewood
30x105mm, finger-jointed, 3m Nordic
43,000
44,000
45,000
45,000
Whitewood
rough lamina, random length, Central EU
38,000
38,000
36,000
36,000
Whitewood
rough lamina, random length, Nordic
38,000
38,000
36,000
36,000
Redwood
hirakaku, laminated, 3~6m
55,000
58,000
60,000
60,000
Hemlock
45x105mm, KD, floor joist, 4m
43,000
43,000
44,000
44,000
Hemlock
105mm sq., preserved sill, 4m
45,000
45,000
45,000
45,000
Yellow Cedar
105mm, sill (pithless), 4m
62,000
62,000
63,000
63,000
Yellow Cedar
120mm, sill (pithless), 4m
62,000
62,000
63,000
63,000

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