In 2021, the number of businesses in the lumber and wood manufacturing industry amounted to around 4.5 thousand, the lowest number of the past decade. Within the observed period, figures peaked in 2016 at more than 6.1 thousand manufacturers, but numbers gradually reduced in the following years.
The number of people employed in the lumber and wood products segment dropped to approximately 87.5 thousand in 2020.
Number of establishments in the lumber and wood products manufacturing industry in Japan from 2012 to 2021
refers to establishments with four or more persons engaged; excluding furniture
Supplementary notes
*Excluding establishments in enumeration districts which include restricted areas designated due to the Great East Japan Earthquake.
No figures for 2015 were reported by the source.
Data prior to 2021 comes from previous editions of the Japan Statistical Yearbook and the Statistical Handbook of Japan.
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