Table 14 (a) - Tropical Proportion of Total Wood Imports by selected Consumers 1992. (1000 m3)

Country	Import Tropical				Import All1				Tropical Percentage
	Log	Sawn	Ven	Ply	Log2	Sawn	Ven	Ply	Log	Sawn	Ven	Ply
Australia	0	145	2	28	7	1193	13	65	0.0	12.2	15.4	43.1
China	1976	559	217	1424	6442	1790		2768	30.7	31.2		51.4
(Taiwan Province)3	3961	709	226	741	4207	1477	258	778	94.2	48.0	87.6	95.2
Japan	10990	1248	192	2882	47380	9984	738	3278	23.2	12.5	26.1	87.9
Rep. of Korea	3173,	716	17	648	10135	913		953	31.3	78.4		68.0
OTHER	2588	2988	241	2631	20486	60543	1396	5184	152.6	100.3	255.4	398.7

1. 'Import All' figures from 1992 FAO Yearbook.

2. Industrial roundwood used: no import figures given for saw/veneer logs in 1992 FAO Yearbook

3. Unofficial figures

Source : ITTO 1995 Annual review and assessment of the world tropical timber situation in APFSOS/WP/02