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Brussels, 27.2.2008

SEC (2008) 262

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT

Annex to the COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE FOREST-BASED INDUSTRIES IN THE EU A contribution to the EU's Growth and Jobs Strategy {COM(2008) 113 final}

FOREST-BASED AND RELATED INDUSTRIES IN THE EU

The forest-based industries account for a production value of € 365 billion, with a value added of around € 120 billion and have more than 3 million employees working in 344 000 enterprises. Many parts of the forest-based industries play an essential role in maintaining sustainable employment in rural areas. In the woodworking and printing sectors, SMEs are predominant while in the manufacture of pulp, paper and paperboard the presence of larger firms is significant. Some of the larger EU pulp and paper corporations operate on a global basis with production units in Asia and in North and South America in addition to the European ones.

Table 1: Forest-based industries in EU 27: Structural data

2004 | Production value Billion € | Value-added Billion € | Number of employees | Number of enterprises | Apparent labour productivity (Gross value-added per person employed) (1000 €) |

Woodworking | 115.0 | 34.6 | 1 310 000 | 197 000 | 26.4 |

Pulp and paper & converting | 150.0 | 42.6 | 749 500 | 19 700 | 56.6 |

Printing | 100.0 | 41.0 | 1 000 000 | 127 000 | 41.2 |

Forest-based industries TOTAL | 365.0 | 118.2 | 3 059 500 | 343 700 | 38.6 |

Forest-based industries as % of total manufacturing | 6.5 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 15.4 | - |

Source: Eurostat (Structural business statistics)

Table 2: Forest-based industries production in EU27

2006 | Sawnwood | Wood-based panels | Pulp Production | Paper and paper board production | Recovered paper utilisation |

(1000 m³) | (1000 m³) | (1000 t) | (1000 t) | (1000 t) |

Austria | 10 507 | 3 449 | 1 928 | 5 213 | 2 384 |

Belgium | 1 520 | 2 695 | 509 | 1 897 | 1 136 |

Bulgaria | 569 | 347 | 135 | 326 | 225 |

Cyprus | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

Czech Republic | 5 080 | 1 519 | 762 | 1 042 | 456 |

Denmark | 196 | 345 | 0 | 423 | 168 |

Estonia | 2 030 | 423 | 136 | 73 | 7 |

Finland | 12 227 | 2 740 | 13 067 | 14 149 | 734 |

France | 9 950 | 6 657 | 2 408 | 10 006 | 6 050 |

Germany | 24 420 | 17 400 | 2 938 | 22 655 | 15 244 |

Greece | 191 | 842 | 0 | 510 | 358 |

Hungary | 186 | 720 | 0 | 553 | 419 |

Ireland | 1094 | 937 | 0 | 45 | 0 |

Italy | 1 748 | 5 740 | 502 | 10 008 | 5 578 |

Latvia | 4 320 | 450 | 0 | 57 | 39 |

Lithuania | 1 466 | 378 | 0 | 119 | 140 |

Luxemburg | 133 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Malta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Netherlands | 265 | 10 | 109 | 3 367 | 2 346 |

Poland | 3 607 | 7 356 | 1 061 | 2 857 | 1 019 |

Portugal | 1 010 | 1 306 | 2 065 | 1 644 | 340 |

Romania | 4 470 | 1 290 | 148 | 392 | 263 |

Slovakia | 2 440 | 664 | 626 | 888 | 197 |

Slovenia | 580 | 443 | 112 | 759 | 372 |

Spain | 3 806 | 5 091 | 2 104 | 6 354 | 5 371 |

Sweden | 18 000 | 841 | 12 240 | 12 066 | 2 037 |

United Kingdom | 2 895 | 3 498 | 287 | 5 589 | 4 172 |

Total EU 27 | 112 715 | 64 927 | 41 137 | 100 992 | 49 061 |

Source: Eurostat&CEPI

Figure 1: Forest-based industries production 2000 -2006 in EU 27

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Source: Eurostat

Figure 2: Forest-based industries employment 2000-2006 in EU 27

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Source: Eurostat

Table 3: Forest-based industries in EU 27. International trade 2000-2007

VALUE : 1000 € |

2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007* |

WOOD AND WOOD PRODUCTS |

IMPORT | 10 353 884 | 9 731 707 | 9 249 667 | 9 108 407 | 9 929 856 | 10 602 258 | 11 491 808 | 13 361 632 |

EXPORT | 6 454 839 | 6 488 353 | 7 143 296 | 6 829 007 | 7 637 211 | 8 101 559 | 8 797 970 | 9 360 036 |

Balance | -3 899 045 | -3 243 354 | -2 106 371 | -2 279 400 | -2 292 644 | -2 500 699 | -2 693 838 | -4 001 597 |

CORK AND CORK PRODUCTS |

IMPORT | 106 404 | 88 468 | 69 793 | 84 973 | 80 538 | 66 776 | 68 548 | 64 509 |

EXPORT | 479 114 | 489 909 | 495 376 | 462 658 | 453 711 | 420 224 | 421 366 | 443 751 |

Balance | 372 709 | 401 441 | 425 583 | 377 685 | 373 173 | 353 448 | 352 817 | 379 242 |

PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; RECOVERED PAPER OR PAPERBOARD |

IMPORT | 6 371 202 | 5 182 850 | 4 547 561 | 4 166 742 | 4 242 637 | 4 387 404 | 4 724 911 | 4 842 470 |

EXPORT | 1 118 446 | 1 025 435 | 1 078 468 | 1 145 018 | 1 445 471 | 1 554 533 | 1 966 828 | 2 276 367 |

Balance | -5 252 756 | -4 157 415 | -3 469 093 | -3 021 724 | -2 797 165 | -2 832 871 | -2 758 083 | -2 566 103 |

PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS |

IMPORT | 6 627 100 | 6 914 504 | 6 513 900 | 6 233 621 | 6 256 991 | 6 544 334 | 6 607 543 | 7 653 523 |

EXPORT | 14 949 437 | 14 979 993 | 15 431 297 | 15 477 330 | 16 568 257 | 16 673 165 | 18 515 100 | 18 715 233 |

Balance | 8 322 337 | 8 065 489 | 8 917 397 | 9 243 709 | 10 311 266 | 10 128 831 | 11 907 557 | 11 061 710 |

PRINTED PRODUCTS |

IMPORT | 2 768 347 | 2 662 070 | 2 582 233 | 2 361 828 | 2 557 481 | 2 776 410 | 2 997 099 | 3 160 351 |

EXPORT | 5 162 409 | 5 328 395 | 5 332 583 | 5 103 293 | 5 286 236 | 5 321 681 | 5 613 675 | 5 803 146 |

Balance | 2 394 063 | 2 666 325 | 2 750 350 | 2 741 466 | 2 728 755 | 2 545 271 | 2 616 576 | 2 642 795 |

Source: Eurostat.

* Estimated

Table 4: Top 3 suppliers to EU 27 of wood, paper and printed products ( 1000 €)

EXTRA EU27 | |5 162 409 |100.0 |5 328 395 |100.0 |5 332 583 |100.0 |5 103 293 |100.0 |5 286 236 |100.0 |5 321 681 |100.0 |5 613 675 |100 |5 803 146 |100 | |Switzerland |1 |1 054 433 |20.4 |1 050 033 |19.7 |1 032 557 |19.4 |1 009 057 |19.8 |1 052 871 |19.9 |1 085 432 |20.4 |1 149 481 |20 |1 110 846 |19.1 | |USA |2 |1 073 320 |20.8 |1 090 649 |20.5 |1 027 249 |19.3 |936 218 |18.3 |954 617 |18.1 |848 698 |15.9 |870 264 |16 |842 808 |14.5 | |Russia |3 |210 296 |4.1 |270 745 |5.1 |290 591 |5.4 |317 853 |6.2 |366 646 |6.9 |364 034 |6.8 |444 296 |8 |558 700 |9.63 | |Source: Eurostat

*Estimated