Table 14 (b) - Tropical Proportion of Total Wood Imports by selected Consumers 1993. (1000 m3)

Country	Import Tropical				Import All1				Tropical Percentage
	Log	Sawn	Ven	Ply	Log2	Sawn	Ven	Ply	Log	Sawn	Ven	Ply
Australia	2	170	11	42	11	1243	28	67	18.2	13.7	39.3	62.7
China	1595	703	287	1371	5920	2521	305	2510	26.9	27.9	94.1	54.6
(Taiwan)3	2180	1052	204	788	2619	1852	215	814	83.2	56.8	94.9	96.8
India	249	4	1	1	273	8	193	5	91.2	50.0	0.5	20.0
Japan	8324	1805	239	3864	44895	10626	918	4105	18.5	17.0	26.0	94.1
Malaysia	174	152	4	26	17	39	5	11	100.0	100.0	80.0	100.0
Philippines	569	458	3	2	538	290	5	3	100.0	100.0	60.0	66.7
Rep. of Korea	2103	970	26	822	8528	1198	51	1105	24.7	81.0	51.0	74.4
Thailand	1607	1743	12	12	1224	1907	12	24	100.0	91.4	100.0|	50.0
OTHER	2472	2804	267	2349	16185	66402	1136	4953	485	206.1	517.3	543.6

1. 'Import All' figures from 1993 FAO Yearbook.

2. Industrial roundwood used; no import figures given for saw/veneer logs in 1993 FAO Yearbook.

3. Unofficial figures.

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