4.11 ATTITUDES TO COLLECTION FEES
The majority of respondents to the postal survey (64 percent) consider that it is unacceptable for firms to charge industry organisations to collect levies.
- Ten percent of those who found collection fees acceptable noted that fees must reflect the costs of collection.
There was little difference in the level of acceptance of collection fees between industry groups. Growers from the vegetable and arable industries which have paid levy collection fees for many years were no more accepting of them than growers from industries that do not currently pay fees.
Table 3: Communication Methods Used To Report Levy-Funded Activities
| Industry Organisation | Annual Report | Annual Conference | Industry Magazine | Newsletters | CD ROM | Seminars /Field days | Research and promotion reports | Regional Reps at meeting s |
| Arable Commodities | *( several) | * | * | * | * | |||
| Avocados | * | * | Orchardist | * | * | |||
| Bee Products | * | * | Beekeeper | * | * | * | ||
| Berryfruit | * | * | Com. Grower | * | * | * | * | |
| Blackcurrants | Com. Grower | * | * | * | Annual conference only meeting | |||
| Blueberries | * | Com. Grower | * | * | Available on request | * | ||
| Eggs | * | * | * | * | * | |||
| Herbage Seeds | * | |||||||
| Orchard fruit | * | * | Orchardist | * | ||||
| Passionfruit | * | * | Orchardist | * | * | * | ||
| Pipfruit | * | * | Orchardist | * | * | * | ||
| Summerfruit | * | * | Orchardist | * | ||||
| Tamarillo * | * | * | Orchardist | * | * | |||
| Vegetables | * | * | Com. Grower | * | * | Available on request | * | |
| Wine-making grapes | * | * | (includes abstracts) | * | * | * | * |
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