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Research of Measures Taken to Illegal Logging Issues in Consumer Nations Survey Results (Outline)

3.Results of Survey

(1) Respondent Information

  As of March 7th, 2014, we have received responses from 41 companies; 15 from North America, 24, Europe, and 2 from other areas. Their types of business are: 14 Manufacturers, 14 Traders, 9 are engaged in both, and 3 unknown. Most manufacturers are operating sawmills, and all traders are engaged in an international trading.

(2) Measures taken by companies (Question to all respondents)

(A) General view of the company about illegal logging
As to the recognition of illegal logging issue, 25 respondents out of 41 answered “it is a problem”. 13 replied “Others” among which many responded “illegal logging is a global problem but we do not see any problem within our country”. Only 3 answered “it is not so big problem as some people are propagating.”

Answers	N.A.	EU	Others	Total
It is a big problem and always feel risk of dealing with illegal timber.	2	6	1	9
It is a big problem but not concerned about our supplier	6	10	0	16
It is not so big problem as some people propagate.	2	1	0	3
Others	5	7	1	13

(B) Systems for avoiding/solving illegal logging problems
28 out of 41 respondents replied “We have a system to avoid/solve illegal logging problems.” When we look into the comments of “Others”, most of them replied as any one of the following: “we only deal with FSC/PEFC certified timber”, “we undertake the 3rd party assessment”, or “we only deal with timber that comes from countries where illegal logging is strictly controlled”. Is can be said that in general each company is taking a responsibility of implementing measures to cope with the illegally-harvested timber.

Answers	N.A.	EU	Others	Total
We have a system of eliminating illegal timbers	7	11	0	18
We have a system of reducing possibility of using illegal timbers.	3	6	1	10
As there is a social system to eliminate illegal timbers, we do not have such system of our own.	2	0	0	2
Others	3	7	1	11

(C) Trade in the EU Market
The number of “Operators” who are the first to place timbers covered by EU Timber Regulation is 22, including 3 North-Americans and 19 Europeans. That for “Traders” who sell/buy timbers that are already existing in EU region are 8, consisting of 4 North-Americans and 4 Europeans. 13 replied that they are neither “Operators” nor “Traders”, who are 9 North-Americans, 2 Europeans and 2 from other areas.

Answers	N.A.	EU	Others	Total
“Operator”	3	19	0	22
“Trader”	4	4	0	8
Neither of them	9	2	2	13

(D) Trade in the US Market
Naturally all N.A. companies responded that “we are doing/will do wood business in the US market”, while half of the respondents in EU and other areas answered the same.

Answers	N.A.	EU	Others	Total
We are dealing/will deal in timber in the US market	15	13	1	29
We are /will not deal in timber in the US market	0	11	1	12

(E) Trade in the Japanese Market
30 respondents out of 41 answered “we are doing/will do wood business in the Japanese market”.

Answers	N.A.	EU	Others	Total
We are dealing/will deal in timber in the Japanese market	10	20	0	30
We are /will not deal in timber in the Japanese market	5	4	2	11

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