and Fisheries in order to clarify the situation of livestock industries by presenting statistics on major livestock and raisers, and to provide basic data for the policy on livestock. The survey is composed of Survey on Pig, Survey on Laying Hen and Survey on Broiler. The survey is conducted on pig raisers, laying hen raisers (excluding those raising less than 1,000 hens), and broiler raisers (excluding those whose amounts of annual shipment are less than 3,000 broilers). The raisers are divided into the general class (for profit) and the special class (not for profit), and the general class is covered by a sample survey and the special class is covered by a complete survey. The Survey on Pig, the Survey on Laying Hen and the Survey on Broiler have not been conducted in the year of the Census of Agriculture and Forestry. Statistical Survey on Livestock Products Marketing This survey is conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with the aim to grasp the traded volume and prices of livestock, and to provide basic materials for the policies such as control of production and shipments of livestock and the stabilisation of price. The survey is composed of <1> Survey on Slaughterhouse, <2>Survey on Hen Eggs Marketing, <3> Survey on Poultry Marketing and <4> Survey on Meat Market. The survey is applying; <1> all the slaughterhouses, <2> Major collection / shipping organisations with the handled volume of 10 ton or more, selected in the order of the direct collection volume (within the prefecture), whose accumulated collection volume reaches 60 percent of the total of the respective prefecture, <3> Poultry slaughterhouses listed in the fact-finding survey on poultry inspections that slaughter more than 300,000 birds annually, <4> All meat wholesale companies in central wholesale meat markets and local wholesale meat markets nationwide. Survey on Production of Milk and Milk Products (See "9 Mining and Manufacturing") Statistical Survey on Prices in Agriculture This survey is conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with the aim to measure the movement of prices of agricultural inputs and outputs, and to compile agricultural price indices from prices of commodities directly related to agricultural management. The survey covers major shipping organisations for the price index of agricultural products and major retail stores in prefectures for the price index of materials for agricultural production. The execution of the survey is borne by the staff of local statistical office and entrusted private research organisation. Forestry Forestal management entities Those who produce forest products or undertake forestal work by commission in the forest area meeting following criteria; (a) Operation using land of three hectares or larger whereon the owner can grow or cut trees (excluding cutting procured standing trees or bamboo only). (b) Commissioned operation of growing, log production, or log production from purchased standing trees. Forest (sanrin) Forest (sanrin) refers to the land for growing forests to obtain lumber, firewood, and charcoal, bamboo and other forest products en masse. Forest area Forest area refers to the area of forest that corresponds to the following standard. (a) Forest refers to the land where trees or bamboo plants are growing collectively and the land provided on 8 Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 227
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