The unit Market Research has got in its possession the following information:

• Production data of the companies which are connected to MVO. 

• Data about the intra and extra EU trade for all MVO products. In so far internal EU trade is concerned, these data are collected in close cooperation with the Central Statistical Bureau (CBS). To this end in 2000 an agreement of cooperation was signed with the CBS. Data about imports from and exports to countries outside the EU are received from customs. 

• An extensive network with local statistical bureaus and other organizations has been set up to obtain or buy data of (potentially) interesting sales markets. 

• Finally, several external other sources are used to complete the product board's data collection (for example, each week price data are collected for various MVO products).