Japans timber demand will total 23.76 million cubic meters in 2003, a decrease of 1.5%.. The demand for logs will be 1.2 million cubic meters, a rise of 0.2%, with the breakdown of 1.88 million cubic meters for Southsea and African logs, 3.82 million cubic meters for North American logs, 4.6 million cubic meters for Russian logs, 1.6 million cubic meters for New Zealand and Chilean logs, and 100,0... [more...]