CONFEMADERA SPANISH CONFEDERATION OF WOODWORKING INDUSTRIES PILAR CALVO INDUSTRY: RADISA GROUP.

CONFEMADERACONFEMADERA

SPANISH CONFEDERATION OF SPANISH CONFEDERATION OF

WOODWORKING INDUSTRIESWOODWORKING INDUSTRIES

PILAR CALVOPILAR CALVO

INDUSTRY: RADISA GROUPINDUSTRY: RADISA GROUP

38,267 companies233,423 workers4.1% Business turnover

SPANISH SECTOR´S MAIN FIGURES

•Mainly small and medium-sized companies•99.8% of woodworking companies have less than 20 employees•33.7% of these industries have no employees.

Main Spanish wood product imports from: France Portugal U.S.A Germany.

67% of total imports come from countries in the European Union.

SECTOR´S MAIN FIGURESNº País AÑO 2006

1 FRANCIA 314.107,61

2 PORTUGAL 305.733,65

3 ESTADOS UNIDOS 207.862,64

4 ALEMANIA 186.483,97

5 CHINA 167.454,72

6 SUECIA 153.213,83

7 FINLANDIA 102.818,82

8 BRASIL 101.564,01

9 ITALIA 89.709,19

10 POLONIA 79.341,67

11 AUSTRIA 69.641,83

12 BELGICA 65.285,12

13 CAMERUN 63.710,91

14 RUMANIA 53.946,89

15 COSTA DE MARFIL 47.530,43

16 URUGUAY 47.006,15

17 CHILE 44.919,56

18 RUSIA 21.452,76

19 DINAMARCA 20.516,74

20 INDONESIA 15.621,54SUBTOTAL 2.157.922,04TOTAL 2.426.342,70

CONFEMADERACONFEMADERAManagement Committee Member

CONFEMADERACONFEMADERAManagement Committee Member

AEIMAEIMManagement Board Member

AEIMAEIMManagement Board Member

RADISA GROUPRADISA GROUPRADISA - REVASA - CAMASA

Shareholder and Board of Management Member

RADISA GROUPRADISA GROUPRADISA - REVASA - CAMASA

Shareholder and Board of Management Member

WHAT IS CONFEMADERA

The Spanish Confederation of Woodworking Industries CONFEMADERA was first established in 1977, in order to defend the woodworking sector in Spain.

CONFEMADERA consists of 29 associations and encompasses all Spanish woodworking associations, both regional and sectorial.

The Spanish Timber Importers´ Association AEIM is a private organization, which consists of timber importers in Spain as well as timber agents and shipping agents, the latter two of which as attached members.

An organization with 176 members:

126 importers of all types of timber products. 50 agents, brokers and sales offices in Spain.

WHAT IS AEIM

A group of family-run companies dedicated to the distribution of lumber and wood products.

RADISA GROUP- WHO WE ARE

A 70,000 m2 facility in Getafe (Madrid) used to store wood, lumber and veneer as well as to sell to the public

A 12,500m2 showroom located in Madrid displaying doors, kitchens, wood flooring, etc.

WOOD IN GENERAL:-Soft wood-Hard wood-Tropical hard wood-More than 60 species

ORIGIN OF WOOD:40% from U.S.A.15% from Africa (European agents)35% from Europe

Located in Valencia, whose seaport receives the largest variety of woods from abroad.

It has 38.000 m2 of storehouse facilities. Currently, it commercializes a great variety of lumber species

from countries all over the world. Veneers, all kinds of plywood, flooring, carpentry and it sells these products all over Spain as well as in some overseas countries.

Rechapados Valencia was founded in 1976.

It is located in Valencia and it is our only factory dedicated to cover chipboard with natural and engineered veneers.

REVASA currently exportsmainly to :- United Kingdom- Germany- France

The respect for nature and environmental protection are important issues for RADISA . Thus, RADISA´s policy is to buy wood adhering to the laws and rules as they relate to the import of woods as well as sustainable forest management. Moreover, we have obtained Chain-of-Custody certification from PEFC as well as FSC and continue to operate under their norms and requirements. The applicability of the certification extends to timber, veneers, doors, flooring, and boards.

ENVIRONMENT POLICYENVIRONMENT POLICY

In order to comply with the new Appendix 7 of the PEFC system as well as FSC-CoC-40-004/005, Radisa will not purchase product from suppliers suspected of not conforming to sustainable forest management practices. Radisa also works within the guidelines identified below to further promote better environmental protection practices:

As exposed last year, AEIM established the “Good Environmental Practices Code” and Radisa, as a member, adheres to this code.

As a member of CONFEMADERA, RADISA supports the Woodworking Sector's Environmental Strategy.

ENVIRONMENT POLICYENVIRONMENT POLICY

The companies associated with CONFEMADERA assume environmental protection practices. Specifically, we strive to control the origin of raw materials:

Compliance with European, national and local legal requirements related to social and environmental issues Close monitoring of raw material sources Maintain and improve responsible purchase policies to ensure that resources come from well-managed forests.Promote the implementation of Forest and Chain-of-Custody Certification Standards and Environmental Management Systems. We are strongly opposed to illegal logging and in this sense we support the European Action Plan: Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT). More information can be found at: www.confemadera.es

Best Practices Commitment

In order to achieve these objectives CONFEMADERA:

Convenes conferences, forums and conventions Publishes handbooks, brochures, posters, etc. Prepares press releases Provides consultancy services to companies requesting

Chain- of-Custody certification Establishes cooperative agreements with the main Spanish

accredited certification bodies.

PROJECTS

PROJECTSChain-of-Custody certifications issued in Spain with CONFEMADERA assistance.

PEFC: Certificated forest area of 525,155.99 hectares, a 36.63% increase since 2006, mainly in the region of

Castilla y León FSC: Certificated forest area of 119,982.00 hectares

CHAIN-OF-CUSTODY CERTIFICATES

CONFEMADERA has provided assistance with the certification process. In 2006, 44 companies, many of which are saw mills, have been granted certification. This number represents 20% of the national total. There are more companies that are pending receipt of certification.

AEIM associated companies have been granted 50% of all certifications ever issued in Spain.

CERTIFIED FORESTS IN SPAIN

Government involvement to ensure that only certified wood is used for public construction

Industry awareness to promote companies to conduct reliable verifications of their purchases to prevent illegal logging

Consumer awareness and cooperation to assume higher costs in the purchase of certified wood

To develop a larger variety of certified wood species and measurements

Homogenize the different chains-of-custody in order to prevent confusion in their application

Guarantee that the guidelines of standards are globally accepted and controlled.

CHALLENGES

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