What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| pricing | Buying-station operators and berry/mushroom wholesalers, cooperatives, national market bulletins (e.g. Luke price series, cork… | Seasonal to weekly buying price per kg per species and quality grade, per… | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | State forest agencies and municipalities issuing collection/harvest permits (US Forest Service special forest product permits, national… | Per permit (holder, species, quota, area, season); per certified collection… | public |
| employment & workforce | Immigration and labour authorities (seasonal picker visa/work permit registers, e.g. Finnish and Swedish schemes for Thai berry pickers)… | Per season per permit holder; aggregate counts by nationality and region | public |
| financial filings | Company registries for gathering/processing firms and cooperatives (national business registers), audited accounts of large cork and berry… | Annual per legal entity | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Search-and-rescue services and police (lost mushroom/berry pickers), occupational safety authorities, insurers of seasonal labour… | Per incident/case; seasonal aggregates by region | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | National meteorological services, forest research institutes running yield-forecast models (berry crop forecasts, mushroom flush models)… | Daily gridded weather; seasonal yield/phenology forecast per region | public |
| production output | National forest research institutes and statistical agencies (e.g. Luke Finland natural resources statistics, Swedish/Baltic forest… | Annual national or regional harvest volumes by species group (berries… | public |
| quality & compliance testing | Food safety authorities and accredited labs (radiocaesium in wild mushrooms and berries — notably post-Chernobyl monitoring in Nordic… | Per sample (species, site, date, contaminant level); per RASFF notification | public |
| logistics & freight movement | Customs and trade statistics agencies (Eurostat Comext, UN Comtrade HS codes for wild berries, mushrooms, cork, gum resins, nuts), freight… | Per shipment declaration; published monthly by HS code, partner country | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Wild-crop buying companies and processors (freezers, juice/jam makers), pickers' cooperatives, cork traders; customs authorities for export… | Per delivery/receipt at a buying station (kg, species, grade, picker ID)… | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Processors, cold-storage and freezing operators, cork preparation yards, herbal-extract buyers | Per lot/batch in store, weekly stock positions by species and grade | partnership |
| geospatial/movement | State forest inventory agencies (habitat and berry/mushroom potential maps), cork oak montado cadastres, protected-area authorities… | Per forest stand/parcel or raster cell; per user-reported observation point | partnership |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.