| Product Code: ETC10347730 | Publication Date: Apr 2025 | Updated Date: Oct 2025 | Product Type: Market Research Report | |
| Publisher: 6Wresearch | Author: Bhawna Singh | No. of Pages: 65 | No. of Figures: 34 | No. of Tables: 19 |
In 2024, Japan continued to rely heavily on roundwood imports, with the USA and China being the top exporting countries. Despite a significant negative compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -7.35% from 2020 to 2024, there was a notable growth rate of 10.18% from 2023 to 2024. The high Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) indicates a concentrated market, with a few key players dominating the roundwood import shipments to Japan. This trend suggests that Japan's demand for roundwood continues to be met primarily by these top exporting countries.

1 Executive Summary |
2 Introduction |
2.1 Key Highlights of the Report |
2.2 Report Description |
2.3 Market Scope & Segmentation |
2.4 Research Methodology |
2.5 Assumptions |
3 Japan Roundwood Market Overview |
3.1 Japan Country Macro Economic Indicators |
3.2 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume, 2021 & 2031F |
3.3 Japan Roundwood Market - Industry Life Cycle |
3.4 Japan Roundwood Market - Porter's Five Forces |
3.5 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume Share, By Type, 2021 & 2031F |
3.6 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume Share, By Processing, 2021 & 2031F |
3.7 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume Share, By End User, 2021 & 2031F |
3.8 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume Share, By Application, 2021 & 2031F |
4 Japan Roundwood Market Dynamics |
4.1 Impact Analysis |
4.2 Market Drivers |
4.2.1 Increasing demand for roundwood in construction and furniture industries in Japan |
4.2.2 Growing focus on sustainable forestry practices and certification in the country |
4.2.3 Rise in government initiatives promoting afforestation and forest conservation |
4.3 Market Restraints |
4.3.1 Fluctuations in roundwood supply due to natural disasters like typhoons and earthquakes |
4.3.2 Competition from alternative materials like steel and concrete in construction industry |
4.3.3 Regulatory challenges related to forest management and logging practices in Japan |
5 Japan Roundwood Market Trends |
6 Japan Roundwood Market, By Types |
6.1 Japan Roundwood Market, By Type |
6.1.1 Overview and Analysis |
6.1.2 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume, By Type, 2021 - 2031F |
6.1.3 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume, By Softwood, 2021 - 2031F |
6.1.4 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume, By Hardwood, 2021 - 2031F |
6.1.5 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume, By Others, 2021 - 2031F |
6.2 Japan Roundwood Market, By Processing |
6.2.1 Overview and Analysis |
6.2.2 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume, By Sawn Timber, 2021 - 2031F |
6.2.3 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume, By Pulpwood, 2021 - 2031F |
6.2.4 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume, By Others, 2021 - 2031F |
6.3 Japan Roundwood Market, By End User |
6.3.1 Overview and Analysis |
6.3.2 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume, By Construction, 2021 - 2031F |
6.3.3 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume, By Paper Industry, 2021 - 2031F |
6.3.4 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume, By Others, 2021 - 2031F |
6.4 Japan Roundwood Market, By Application |
6.4.1 Overview and Analysis |
6.4.2 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume, By Furniture, 2021 - 2031F |
6.4.3 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume, By Packaging, 2021 - 2031F |
6.4.4 Japan Roundwood Market Revenues & Volume, By Others, 2021 - 2031F |
7 Japan Roundwood Market Import-Export Trade Statistics |
7.1 Japan Roundwood Market Export to Major Countries |
7.2 Japan Roundwood Market Imports from Major Countries |
8 Japan Roundwood Market Key Performance Indicators |
8.1 Average roundwood price trends in Japan |
8.2 Percentage of roundwood sourced from certified sustainable forests |
8.3 Forest coverage and deforestation rates in Japan |
9 Japan Roundwood Market - Opportunity Assessment |
9.1 Japan Roundwood Market Opportunity Assessment, By Type, 2021 & 2031F |
9.2 Japan Roundwood Market Opportunity Assessment, By Processing, 2021 & 2031F |
9.3 Japan Roundwood Market Opportunity Assessment, By End User, 2021 & 2031F |
9.4 Japan Roundwood Market Opportunity Assessment, By Application, 2021 & 2031F |
10 Japan Roundwood Market - Competitive Landscape |
10.1 Japan Roundwood Market Revenue Share, By Companies, 2024 |
10.2 Japan Roundwood Market Competitive Benchmarking, By Operating and Technical Parameters |
11 Company Profiles |
12 Recommendations |
13 Disclaimer |
Export potential enables firms to identify high-growth global markets with greater confidence by combining advanced trade intelligence with a structured quantitative methodology. The framework analyzes emerging demand trends and country-level import patterns while integrating macroeconomic and trade datasets such as GDP and population forecasts, bilateral import–export flows, tariff structures, elasticity differentials between developed and developing economies, geographic distance, and import demand projections. Using weighted trade values from 2020–2024 as the base period to project country-to-country export potential for 2030, these inputs are operationalized through calculated drivers such as gravity model parameters, tariff impact factors, and projected GDP per-capita growth. Through an analysis of hidden potentials, demand hotspots, and market conditions that are most favorable to success, this method enables firms to focus on target countries, maximize returns, and global expansion with data, backed by accuracy.
By factoring in the projected importer demand gap that is currently unmet and could be potential opportunity, it identifies the potential for the Exporter (Country) among 190 countries, against the general trade analysis, which identifies the biggest importer or exporter.
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