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Demand of wood pellet in Japan is sharply increasing. Import of wood pellets is about six times higher than in 2013 and domestic production is 9% more than 2013. The reason is the large biomass power generation facilities, which use wood pellet as a fuel.<\/em><\/p>\n

Import of wood pellet in 2017 reached 510,000 tons, 46% more than 2016 while domestic production was about 120,000 tons, 0.5% more.<\/p>\n

In 2013, total supply of wood pellets was about 190,000 tons in which the share of imports was 43%. In 2015, the share of imports surpassed domestic supply, while in 2017 the share of imports is of 80%.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meantime, the domestic supply will increase considerably as the largest manufacturer, Meiken Lamwood (Okayama prefecture) plans to produce about 30,000 ton a year and Toono Kousan (Fukushima prefecture) is testing a new plant, which will produce about 30,000 tons per year. Then Sumitomo Forestry plans to build a new wood pellet plant jointly with an electric power company.<\/p>\n

The increase in imports of wood pellet will skyrocket after 2020 since demand of biomass fuel will expand sharply. There are many projects of biomass power generation plant on the coast lined-up. There are two plants with a power output of 75,000 kw in Fukuoka prefecture. Both will start up in 2021. One in Ibaraki prefecture with an output of 51,500 kw and another in Chiba with an output of 75,000 kw are planned, which will start operating in 2021 and 2022. They are all counting on imported wood pellets as fuel. Also large electric power companies are counting to use wood pellet in large volume after 2022.<\/p>\n

With the expansion of imported wood pellets, trading firms are actively engaged in securing overseas sources. Sumitomo Forestry, which handled about a half of all the imported wood pellets in 2017, will increase the volume to 350,000 ton in 2018 after thr test run of the power generation plant starts this year.<\/p>\n

Itochu Corporation produce about 200,000 tons in accordance to a sales contract with a large power generation company. Trading companies are busy looking for overseas sources of wood pellet and try to make long term supply contracts with the suppliers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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