1. Wood and paper products Proposal to modify the PRODCOM list
PRODCOM working group meeting of September 2014
Marilise Wolf-Crowther, Environmental statistics and accounts; Sustainable development

2. Forestry statistics collects data on wood and paper products since 1992
Production and trade in primary wood products: the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JFSQ), an international exercise with
UNECE
FAO
International Tropical Timber Organization (UN)
Eurostat covers the EU and EFTA countries
Secondary, i.e. ready-to-use paper products are not covered

3. The Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire
Production and trade in primary wood and paper products (33 detailed products)
Increasing confidentiality issues with production: % of some volumes estimated
Solution applied: estimate unreported data, but only publish EU totals for each product
We based the estimates on the development of the trade balance (COMEXT) over 5 years

4. Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire: the better solution
To use PRODCOM data, including the rounded estimates
An analysis of the JFSQ list vs. the PRODCOM list showed
24 products (or their sums) are perfectly aligned
138 PRODCOM items more detailed than or not covered by the JFSQ (mostly 'secondary' paper products)
3 types of pulp of the JFSQ are in one PRODCOM item
Veneer sheets: sum is perfectly aligned, but not the breakdown
5 JFSQ products not covered by PRODCOM

5. Your opinion is requested on adding five products to the 2014 list
JFSQ code and label
Quantity 2013
CN code
CN label
3.2 Wood residues
51,100,000 m3 ;
Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, other, sawdust; Other
4.1 Wood pellets
11,589,000 t
Wood pellets
4.2 Other agglomerates
1,547,000 t
Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, other agglomerated (for example, briquettes)
8.2 Recovered fibre pulp
10,502,000 t
Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard
9 Recovered paper
50,517,000 t
Recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard

6. Your opinion is requested on changing or adding the breakdown of veneers
Sheets for veneering, etc., coniferous (CN codes to )
Sheets for veneering, etc., of tropical wood (CN codes to )
Sheets for veneering, etc., other (implying non-coniferous wood; CN codes to )

7. Possible simplification of the PRODCOM list
PLYWOOD ,
Coniferous
Non-Coniferous
of which: Tropical
PARTICLE BOARD, OSB and OTHERS
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of which: OSB
FIBREBOARD
HARDBOARD
MDF (MEDIUM DENSITY)
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OTHER FIBREBOARD ,

8. Possible simplification of the PRODCOM list
GRAPHIC PAPERS
NEWSPRINT
UNCOATED MECHANICAL
UNCOATED WOODFREE
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COATED PAPERS
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SANITARY AND HOUSEHOLD PAPERS
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PACKAGING MATERIALS
CASE MATERIALS
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CARTONBOARD
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WRAPPING PAPERS
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OTHER PAPERS MAINLY FOR PACKAGING
OTHER PAPER AND PAPERBOARD N.E.S.
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9. Thank you for your attention!