the world of organic agriculture - Organic Eprints

15 Organic Farming in Europe
local organic products (mostly vegetables, bread, honey and herbs) and a wider range of foreign
organic food. There is a demand for a wider variety of organic products. Due to the cool Baltic
climate, the market is not fully supplied with organic fruit, vegetables and good quality wheat 42 .
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Table 31: Estimated turnover and per capita consumer expenditures for organic food in
selected European countries, 2004
country market data
Germany
• Turnover domestic organic food market 3.5 billion EUR 43
• Population (million) 82.5
• Per capita consumer expenditure for organic food 42 EUR
Italy
• Turnover domestic organic food market 2.4 billion EUR
• Population (million) 57.8
• Per capita consumer expenditure for organic food 42 EUR
France
• Turnover domestic organic food market 1.9 billion EUR
• Population (million) 59.9
• Per capita consumer expenditure for organic food 32 EUR
UK
• Turnover domestic organic food market 1.213 billion GBP
• Population (million) 59.5
• Per capita consumer expenditure for organic food 30 EUR
Switzerland
• Turnover domestic organic food market 778 million EUR
• Population (million) 7.4
• Per capita consumer expenditure for organic food 105 EUR
Sweden
• Turnover domestic organic food market 421 million EUR
• Population (million) 9
• Per capita consumer expenditure for organic food 47 EUR
Netherlands
• Turnover domestic organic food market 419 million EUR
• Population (million) 16.2
• Per capita consumer expenditure for organic food 26 EUR
Denmark
• Turnover domestic organic food market 274 million EUR
• Population (million) 5.4
• Per capita consumer expenditure for organic food 51 EUR
42 EkoConnect research 2005
43 1 EUR = 1.19811 USD (per 6.2.2006)
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