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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
In value terms, the share of production of plants and plant products is comparable to that of
animals and animal products (Error! Reference source not found.. The share of plant
roducts in EU exports is also comparable to that of animal products (in 2009, each of the subsectors
accounted for around 20% of exports of food products).
Figure 3-17 Value of agricultural production, in billion € (current prices), 2005-2009
2009*
175.573
136.040
2008
203.305
152.378
2007
192.717
142.237
CROP OUTPUT
2006
168.652
135.426
ANIMAL OUTPUT
2005
169.685
135.743
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Source: EUROSTAT
The European seed market has a total estimated production value at over €7 billion, with an
export value (2008) of €3 billion and an import value of €2.3 billion (source: ESA).
In 2005, the EU's forest-based industries included around 350 000 enterprises employing
almost 3 million people. Generating a turnover of €380 billion, they produced a value added
of €116 billion (source: EUROSTAT, 2009).
With regards to the wooden pallet and packaging industry 206 , 3 billion pallets circulate and 450
million pallets are manufactured annually in the EU; 90 % of all trade flows use WPM in
some form. The WPM is also significant for the wood sector in that 22/25 % of all sawn
timber are used for WPM and the industry is also a major employer (directly and indirectly),
especially in rural areas (source: FEFPEB).
206 Types of wooden packaging: Pallets: 75%, Industrial packaging 20%, Light weight packaging 4 %, Dunnage
1 % (Source: FEFPEB)
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