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Cost-Cumulative Assessment for the Forest-Based Industries


Introduction


The European Commission has launched a study to assess the cumulative cost of compliance with legislation and policies for the forest-based industries.

A highly detailed overview of the costs is being performed on the European forest sector. However, we rely on your help to help us form a well-founded idea of the comparability of the European situation with that in key partner countries. Therefore the survey below is shared with representatives of the woodworking sector and of the pulp and paper sector in Brazil, China and the United States of America. The key purpose is to compare domestic legislation impacts on the forest-based industries, and also how possibly EU legislation might affect (boost/limit) your domestic forest-based industries.

Evidence about the costs of legislation will be used by the European Commission as an input in its overall assessment of existing legislation as well as possible future legislative proposals.

The study is conducted by a consortium led by Technopolis Group Belgium, in cooperation with research partners BOKU and European Forest Institute. If you wish to receive further information about the study, or if you have any questions about filling out the survey, then please do not hesitate to contact us on [email protected]

Thank you very much in advance for your participation and contribution! We will only publish summary information resulting from this survey in a non-attributable way.

Please start with the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below.
 
 
 

Personal information
 
 
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Please focus your survey contribution on one sector or subsector. You are most welcome to cover additional (sub-)sector(s) with a separate questionnaire reply.

Please select your sector or sub-sector.
 

Woodworking sector

 
Sawnwood sub-sector
 
Wood-based panels sub-sector
 
Other builders- carpentry and joinery sub-sector
 
Wooden containers & packaging sub-sector
 

Pulp, paper and paper products sector

 
Pulp production sub-sector
 
Manufacture of paper & paperboard sub-sector
 
Graphic paper sub-sector
 
Packaging paper and paperboard sub-sector
 
Household and sanitary paper sub-sector
 
Other paper & paperboard grades sub-sector
 
 
Please indicate from what perspective you are replying this questionnaire:
 
from the point of view of a sector
 
from the point of view of an association
 
from the point of view of a company
 
 
 
Thank you very much for answering this questionnaire from the point of view of .

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My individual response should be kept confidential and my contribution can be presented in aggregated form.
 
I wish to be informed with the results of the project (for correspondents submitting complete information)

 
 
 

Questionnaire
 
 
 

1. Sectoral Structure
 
 
Please indicate the total number of companies in the in your country. If possible, indicate the distribution of companies by number of employees.
Total number of companies Number of companies with less than 50 employees Number of companies with between 50 and 250 employees Number of companies with more than 250 employees
 
 
Please indicate industrial output from your perspective:
Value Unit [currency] Quantity Unit [metric tonnes / cubic meters]
What is the total industrial output of your as part of the ?
What is the total industrial output of the ?
 
 
 
How do you expect company size distribution of your sector will change in the next ten years? What are the main factors that are driving this change?
   
 
 
 

2. Breakdown of key cost components and cost structures
 
 
 
Presentation of overall cost structures in the value chain of the .
From your perspective (), please provide an indicative ratio (%) of cost structure for the following cost categories:
­. raw materials (e.g. wood, pulp, chemicals)
­. operating and maintenance costs
­. labour costs
­. energy costs (e.g. heat, steam, electricity)
­. transport and fuel costs
­. capital costs (fixed one-time expenses)
­. other costs
0
 
 
Please specify the total average production cost per cubic meter or metric tonne of product produced? (that is including all types of costs as specified above) (indicate currency)
Value Currency / Unit (Mt or m3)
Total average production cost per output
 
 
 
Do companies in your sector differentiate their products for different markets (e.g. local vs. EU market), in view of existing differences in regulations and policies? If so, to what extent?
 
No
 
Yes. Please explain to what extent:
 
 
What in your view are the primary costs that are affected by domestic or EU legislation and policies in the ? Please indicate the legislation/regulation impact on costs as a percentage of turnover for the period 2005-2014.
I don't know A cost decrease No cost increase Increase less than 0.05% Increase between 0.05% and 0.1% Increase between 0.1% and 0.5% Increase between 0.5% and 1% Increase between 1% and 5% Increase between 5% and 10% Increase more than 10%
raw materials (e.g. wood, pulp, chemicals)
­operating and maintenance costs
­labour costs
­energy costs (e.g. heat, steam, electricity)
­transport and fuel costs
­capital costs (fixed one-time expenses)
­other costs
 
 
Could you describe some examples of the most significant costs that arise due to compliance with legislation and policies in the ? Please mention the most significant pieces of legislation.
Please explain:
Most significant costs due to compliance with domestic (i.e. non-EU) legislation and policies:
If relevant, most significant costs ­due to compliance with EU legislation and policies
 
 
 

3. Changes in the market shares and attractiveness of different product groups
 
 
 
Is EU regulation/legislation harder (e.g. costlier and/or more administratively burdensome) to comply with for companies in your sector than other trade destinations? Please explain.
   
 
 
 

4. Cost competitiveness impacts

 
 
Please indicate how the following policy categories impact costs of the in your country ?
Very negative impact Slightly negative impact Neutral Slightly positive impact Very positive impact I don't know
1. Climate and Energy Policy (e.g. energy policies, LULUCF etc.)
2. Environmental Policy (e.g. relating to air and water quality, phytosanitation, environmental liability, or waste related)
3. Forest-related Policy (e.g. FLEG-T policy such as EU Timber Regulation, Lacey Act etc.)
4. Employment Policy (e.g. relating to workers health and safety, working time limits etc.)
5. Products Policy (e.g. ecolabels, product safety rules etc.)
6. Transport (e.g. quarantaine regulations, road safety, transport vehicle emission limits etc.)
7. Trade (e.g. WTO rules, trade defence or trade defence mechanisms, quarantine rules etc.)
 
 
 
Could you please explain how Climate and Energy Policy has very negative impact on cost competitiveness? Please highlight key domestic policies, and if relevant EU policies that impact costs.
   
 
 
Could you please explain how Climate and Energy Policy has very positive impact on cost competitiveness (in domestic and if relevant international context)?
   
 
 
Could you please explain how Environmental Policy has very negative impact on cost competitiveness? Please highlight key domestic policies, and if relevant EU policies that impact costs.
   
 
 
Could you please explain how Environmental Policy has very positive impact on cost competitiveness? (in domestic and if relevant international context)
   
 
 
Could you please explain how Forest-related Policy has very negative impact on cost competitiveness? Please highlight key domestic policies, and if relevant EU policies that impact costs.
   
 
 
Could you please explain how Forest-related Policy has very positive impact on cost competitiveness? (in domestic and if relevant international context)
   
 
 
Could you please explain how Employment Policy has very negative impact on cost competitiveness? Please highlight key domestic policies, and if relevant EU policies that impact costs.
   
 
 
Could you please explain how Employment Policy has very positive impact on cost competitiveness? (in domestic and if relevant international context)
   
 
 
Could you please explain how Products Policy has very negative impact on cost competitiveness? Please highlight key domestic policies, and if relevant EU policies that impact costs.
   
 
 
Could you please explain how Products Policy has very positive impact on cost competitiveness? (in domestic and if relevant international context)
   
 
 
Could you please explain how Transportation Policy has very negative impact on cost competitiveness? Please highlight key domestic policies, and if relevant EU policies that impact costs.
   
 
 
 
Could you please explain how Transportation Policy has very positive impact on cost competitiveness? (in domestic and if relevant international context)
   
 
 
Could you please explain how Trade Policy has very negative impact on cost competitiveness? Please highlight key domestic policies, and if relevant EU policies that impact costs.
   
 
 
Could you please explain how Trade Policy has very positive impact on cost competitiveness? (in domestic and if relevant international context)
   
 
 
 

5. Impacts on investments and innovation
 
 
What are the key current and future drivers or barriers for investment and innovation for your sector in your country?
Current Future
drivers/stimulators
barriers/blockages
 
 
 
How does domestic or foreign policy impact your investments and Research-Development-Innovation budgets?
   
 
 
 
Thank you very much for your contribution, we now have some final optional questions on this page, after which you can submit your full response.
 
 
 
Do you expect domestic regulatory impacts to change for your sector in the coming years?
increase a lot increase a bit stay the same decrease a bit decrease a lot
 
 
 
Considering your answer in the previous question, how positive or negative do you expect the effect will be on the competitiveness of your country's on the global/EU market?
   
 
 
 
Do you expect EU regulatory impacts to change for your sector in the coming years?
increase a lot increase a bit stay the same decrease a bit decrease a lot
 
 
 
Considering your answer in the previous question, how positive or negative do you expect the effect will be on the competitiveness of your country's on the global/EU market?
   
 
 
 
Please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions relating to this questionnaire or concerning the topic of our study in general.
   
 
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