1. Forest Statistics & Accounting WG 26/02/2015: The work of DG GROWTH on Forest-based Industries
Jeremy Wall
European Commission, DG Growth
Unit-G4 «Raw Materials, Metals, Minerals and Forest-based Industries»

2. Work of unit GROW/G-4 (Raw Materials and F-BI):
Raw Materials Initiative
State-of-play
Focus on:
Critical raw materials
2. European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials
Strategic Implementation Plan
3. Raw Materials in Horizon 2020
4. Knowledge & Innovation Community for Raw Materials
5. Raw Materials Diplomacy
RMI Commission Communication of 4 November 2008 "The raw materials initiative – meeting our critical needs for growth and jobs in Europe"
RMI 2011 – Commission Communication of 2 February 2011 "Tackling the challenges in commodity markets and on raw materials" 2 2

3. Overall objective: Specific objectives:
European Innovation Partnership on
Raw Materials
Overall objective:
Contribute to the 2020 objectives of the EU Industrial Policy (to increase the share of industry in GDP to 20%), the Innovation Union and the Resource Efficiency 'flagships'
Specific objectives:
Reduce import dependency for raw materials
Improve supply conditions from European and other sources
Push Europe to the forefront in raw materials sectors
Provide alternatives in supply
Mitigate negative environmental and social impacts
NB raw materials include metals, minerals & WOOD
… by ensuring sustainable supply of raw materials to European economy and society

4. Strategic Implementation Plan
I. Technology Pillar
I.A Raw materials research and innovation coordination
I.B Technologies for primary and secondary raw materials' production
I.C Substitution of raw materials
II. Non-Technology Policy Pillar
II.A Improving Europe's raw materials framework conditions
II.B Improving Europe's waste management framework conditions and excellence
II.C Knowledge, skills and raw materials flows
III International Cooperation Pillar
III.1 Technology
III.2 Global Raw Materials Governance and Dialogues
III.3 Health, Safety and Environment
III.4 Skills, Education and Knowledge
III.5 Investment activities
Bottom-up approach!
Technology-focused policy areas
WP1 - Exploration, extraction, processing, recycling …
WP2 - Substitution, alternative functionalities and materials
Non Technology policy areas
WP3 - Improving Europe's raw materials regulatory framework conditions, knowledge base and infrastructure
e.g. data interoperability and availability
WP4 - Improving Europe's recycling regulatory framework conditions and excellence
e.g. public procurement, private initiatives
WP5 - International cooperation
Promoting appropriate international cooperation
various policy issues possible e.g. geology, research, trade, competitiveness and investment conditions

5. Blueprint: Scope Blueprint for EU Forest-based industries 2013
(Document: SWD (2013) 343)
Accompanying "new EU Forest Strategy"
Contributes to EU Industrial Policy
Covers four industries:
woodworking
furniture
pulp & paper manufacturing and converting
printing
Representing:
about 7% of EU manufacturing GDP
nearly 3.5 million jobs
Background note: The previous strategy for F-BI, adopted in 2008 (Commission Communication), covered only 3 industries: woodworking, paper & printing.
Now, the 2013 Strategy covers 4 industries – furniture was added.
The EU Forest-based Industries (F-BI) include woodworking, furniture, pulp & paper manufacturing and converting and printing industries. They represent in total about 7% of EU manufacturing GDP and nearly 3.5 million jobs.
They all use common raw material – wood, which is a natural, renewable, reusable and recyclable raw material, creating an opportunity for the F-BI to become a key actor in the bio-based economy. 5

6. Blueprint Key figures F-BI sub-sector/ Parameter Woodworking (WWI)
Furniture
Pulp & paper
manufacturing
& converting
(P&P)
Printing
Total
N° firms
21 000
N° jobs
Production value (M€)
92 000
85 535
Turnover (M€)
96 000
88 009
Added value (M€)
Concentration
31 200
Few large sawmills & panel makers, otherwise SMEs & micro firms
30 000
Few large firms; mostly SMEs & micro firms
41 000
Many lage firms, including “mega” muktinationals, some medium- sized; small firms are specialists.
32 477
Few large firms; mostly SMEs and micros.
Background note: The previous strategy for F-BI, adopted in 2008 (Commission Communication), covered only 3 industries: woodworking, paper & printing.
Now, the 2013 Strategy covers 4 industries – furniture was added.
The EU Forest-based Industries (F-BI) include woodworking, furniture, pulp & paper manufacturing and converting and printing industries. They represent in total about 7% of EU manufacturing GDP and nearly 3.5 million jobs.
They all use common raw material – wood, which is a natural, renewable, reusable and recyclable raw material, creating an opportunity for the F-BI to become a key actor in the bio-based economy. 6

7. Blueprint: Structure:
Blueprint for the EU Forest-based Industries
Content:
Sectoral economic outlook
Sectoral technological outlook
Focus on sub-sectors:
Key features
Challenges
Opportunities
Challenges and remedial initiatives 7

8. Blueprint: Scope Challenges: for which remedial initiatives:
stimulating growth
- resource and energy efficiency
- raw materials sources and flows
logistics (wood harvesting, infrastructures & transport)
structural adaptation
innovation; research & development
education, training & skills; ageing workforce
Coherence & costs of EU legislation
EU climate policy from 2030
international competition, trade & co-operation
Information, communication & image 8

9. Implementing the Forest-based industries Blueprint
:- study on customer information for furniture
- European Innovation Partnership on Materials, including wood: call for commitments, e.g. wood mobilisation
- set up EU Expert Group on Forest-based Industries
- Standing Forestry Committee Working Group on criteria & indicators for sustainable forest management
2015: - study on cascading use of wood
- study: cumulative cost assessment (CCA) of the impacts of EU legislation & policies on the forest-based industries
- focused sub-groups of the F-BI Expert Group?
- EU Timber Regulation review – NB links with CCA
- re-evaluation of wood as a critical (biotic) raw material
2016: - study: good practices in resource & energy efficiencies in the EU F-BI, esp. woodworking and SMEs & micro firms

10. New Expert Group on Forest-based Industries and Sectorally Related Issues - 1:
"F-BI" Expert Group's membership (24 + (max) 28):
4 members: woodworking industries
2 members: furniture industries
4 members: pulp, paper & board manufacturing and converting industries, and printing industries
14 members: other organisations having specific knowledge of, expertise in and responsibilities for sectorally related issues, including at least: forest management; social dialogue; publishing; bio-energy; research & innovation and environmental matters
28 (max.) Member States (one member each)

11. DG GROW’s statistical needs: forest-based sector:
Maintain JFSQ, improving quality and enhance it
Develop new product categories, standards and codes, e.g. cross-laminated timber, wood briquettes
Establish firm and regular bases for specialist studies e.g. Joint Wood Energy Enquiries
Develop innovative studies, e.g.:
- cascade use of wood
- cumulative cost assesssment for F-BI firms
- criticality assessment of biotic RM, e.g. wood
- JRC’s over-arching study on biomass, et al.

12. Thank you! Merci! Danke!

13. Forest-based Industries::
Context
More information:
Forest-based Industries::
New functional mail-box:
Web-site:
EU “Raw Materials Initiative” web-page:
European Innovation Partnership Raw Materials:
Horizon 2020:
RMI Commission Communication of 4 November 2008 "The raw materials initiative – meeting our critical needs for growth and jobs in Europe"
RMI 2011 – Commission Communication of 2 February 2011 "Tackling the challenges in commodity markets and on raw materials" 13