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Cost-Cumulative Assessment for the Forest-Based Industries


Introduction



Thank you very much for joining our survey. Your feedback will help us to assess the cost of compliance with legislation for the forest-based industries in Brazil, China, EU and USA.

We respect confidentiality, and any inputs will be compiled on a non-attribution basis only.

Replying will take only 10 minutes of your time.
 
 
 

Personal information
 
 
 
Please fill in your name
   
Please fill in your email address
   
Please fill in your company name
   
 
 
 
* 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 subsector.
 

A. Woodworking sector

 
A1. Sawnwood sub-sector
 
A2. Wood-based panels sub-sector
 
A3. Other builders- carpentry and joinery sub-sector
 
A4. Wooden containers & packaging sub-sector
 

B. Pulp, paper and paper products sector

 
B1. Pulp production sub-sector
 
B2. Manufacture of paper & paperboard sub-sector
 
B3. Graphic paper sub-sector
 
B4. Packaging paper and paperboard sub-sector
 
B5. Household and sanitary paper sub-sector
 
B6. Other paper & paperboard grades sub-sector
 
 
* Please indicate from what perspective you are replying this questionnaire:
 
from the point of view of a (sub-)sector
 
from the point of view of an association
 
from the point of view of a company
 
 
 

Questionnaire
 
 
 

1. Breakdown of key cost components and cost structures
 
 
 
Please specify the number of employees represented in your
   
 
 
 
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)
­­. labour costs
­. energy costs (e.g. heat, steam, electricity)
­. transport and fuel costs
­. (other) operating and maintenance costs (OPEX)
. capital costs (fixed one-time expenses; CAPEX)
­. other costs
0
 
 
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 ?
 
 
 
In percentage, how much of annual production output quantity is exported to Europe on average (period 2005-2014)
   
 
 
 

2. Cost competitiveness impacts

 
 
Please indicate how legislation of the following policy categories affect your costs and competitiveness?
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.)
 
 
 
1.1. Could you please explain how Climate and Energy Policy has very negative impact on cost competitiveness?
   
 
 
1.2. Does the pressure come mainly from domestic legislation or (in view of trade with the EU market) from EU legislation?
domestic legislation EU legislation Other  
 
 
1.3. Could you estimate how much this contributes to the production costs in percentage of total production costs?
% of total production costs
-
 
 
 
1.4. Could you please explain how Climate and Energy Policy has very positive impact on cost competitiveness?
   
 
 
2.1. Could you please explain how Environmental Policy has very negative impact on cost competitiveness?
   
 
 
2.2. Does the pressure come mainly from domestic legislation or (in view of trade with the EU market) from EU legislation?
domestic legislation EU legislation Other  
 
 
2.3. Could you estimate how much this contributes to the production costs in percentage of total production costs?
% of total production costs
-
 
 
 
2.4. Could you please explain how Environmental Policy has very positive impact on cost competitiveness?
   
 
 
3.1. Could you please explain how Forest-related Policy has very negative impact on cost competitiveness?
   
 
 
3.2. Does the pressure come mainly from domestic legislation or (in view of trade with the EU market) from EU legislation?
domestic legislation EU legislation Other  
 
 
3.3. Could you estimate how much this contributes to the production costs in percentage of total production costs?
% of total production costs
-
 
 
 
3.4. Could you please explain how Forest-related Policy has very positive impact on cost competitiveness?
   
 
 
4.1. Could you please explain how Employment Policy has very negative impact on cost competitiveness?
   
 
 
4.2. Does the pressure come mainly from domestic legislation or (in view of trade with the EU market) from EU legislation?
domestic legislation EU legislation Other  
 
 
4.3. Could you estimate how much this contributes to the production costs in percentage of total production costs?
% of total production costs
-
 
 
 
4.4. Could you please explain how Employment Policy has very positive impact on cost competitiveness?
   
 
 
5.1. Could you please explain how Products Policy has very negative impact on cost competitiveness?
   
 
 
5.2. Does the pressure come mainly from domestic legislation or (in view of trade with the EU market) from EU legislation?
domestic legislation EU legislation Other  
 
 
5.3. Could you estimate how much this contributes to the production costs in percentage of total production costs?
% of total production costs
-
 
 
 
5.4. Could you please explain how Products Policy has very positive impact on cost competitiveness?
   
 
 
6.1. Could you please explain how Transportation Policy has very negative impact on cost competitiveness?
   
 
 
 
6.2. Does the pressure come mainly from domestic legislation or (in view of trade with the EU market) from EU legislation?
domestic legislation EU legislation Other  
 
 
6.3. Could you estimate how much this contributes to the production costs in percentage of total production costs?
% of total production costs
-
 
 
 
6.4. Could you please explain how Transportation Policy has very positive impact on cost competitiveness?
   
 
 
7.1. Could you please explain how Trade Policy has very negative impact on cost competitiveness?
   
 
 
7.2. Does the pressure come mainly from domestic legislation or (in view of trade with the EU market) from EU legislation?
domestic legislation EU legislation Other  
 
 
7.3. Could you estimate how much this contributes to the production costs in percentage of total production costs?
% of total production costs
-
 
 
 
7.4. Could you please explain how Trade Policy has very positive impact on cost competitiveness?
   
 
 
 
8. How would you assess the overall impact of EU legislation on your costs and competitiveness?
non-existent not significant significant highly significant
 
 
 
A final question: Please give more explanation to support your indication of ${piping_text} impact from EU legislation on your costs and/or competitiveness.
   
 
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