2010 foreign competition: Paperitalo 2nd Tuesday Surveys

Survey subject:

Foreign competition 2010

2^nd Tuesday Surveys are Copyright 2010 by Paperitalo Publications and used by permission of the Copyright Owner

Confidential level and error band:
(90% confid. Level, +/- 10% error band)

No. of respondents: ??

Pulp & Paper Industry

62% US respondents, 12 % Western Europe, 14% Brazil

When asked foreign competition under current conditions…

•         44%....said foreign competition is a threat to our mill

•         14%... said foreign competition is of no concern

•         42%... said they have advantages over foreign competition

When asked about their biggest concern about foreign competition

•         27%..... said energy costs advantages

•         19%..... said raw material advantages

•         12%..... said quality advantages

•         10%....  said tax policy advantages

•         10%....  said looser environmental regulation advantages

28 % of respondents said their company regularly lobbies their government for protection against foreign competition

45 % of respondents said they regularly reinvest in modern technology to counteract foreign competition

64 % said it is highly unlikely foreign competition will close their mill in the next five years

30 % said their country uses tariffs to protect them from foreign competition