PIGMEAT SAFEGUARDS INQUIRY
Requested information
1.	What is your firm’s annual output at each stage of production?

	Growing pigs	Abattoir	Boning	Smallgoods manufacturing	
Quantity					
Value ($)					

2.	Prior to the smallgoods manufacturing stage of production, what proportion (%) of your pigmeat sales or pigmeat production goes to:

Domestic fresh‑retail	Own manufacturing	Other domestic manufacturing	Export	

3.	If your operation includes manufacturing, from where do you currently source your meat, and how has this changed over time?

	Own grown	Other domestic grown	Imported	
Current share (%)				
Share 1 year ago				
Share 3 years ago				

4.	What are the main factors that affect your decision as to whether to use domestic or imported product?

Factor	High importance	Medium importance	Low Importance	
Price				
Quality				
Certainty of supply				
Meeting specific requirements				
Other considerations (please specify below)				

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5.	The WTO Agreement on Safeguards outlines a number of factors that are relevant in assessing serious injury for a domestic industry. We are interested in gauging changes in the following indicators of your company’s performance, and what you consider to be the main reasons for those changes.

Indicator	% change, year to Oct ‘07 compared with year to Oct ‘06 (if another time period, please specify)	% change, year to Oct ‘07 compared with year to Oct ‘04
(if another time period, please specify)	Comments	
Sales value:				
	Domestic				
	Exports				
Production volume			
	
Profits			
	
Capacity utilisation			
	
Employment levels (full time equivalents)			

6.	In order to assess whether serious injury is threatened, under WTO rules, the Commission also seeks information about anticipated changes in the following indicators over the next 12 months:

Indicator	Expected % change over next 12 months	
Output		
Domestic sales	
	
Exports	
	
Profits	
	
Employment levels	
	
Investment 	
	
For manufacturers:		
	Your imports	
	
	Your inventories 
	of frozen pigmeat	
	
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7.	
Do you have any other comments about the impact of imports of frozen pigmeat on your operations?