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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS TO KEEP LAYING HENSA1.1.4.1. Main egg processorsThe processing sector in Austria is highly concentrated with one company dominating the sector.This is Pro-Ovo which is partially owned by WEKO from the Netherlands and is estimated to havean 85% market share. This company is profiled below. Very little production moves directly from eggproducers to processors with the bulk of output passing through the packing stations. There are alsoa number of well established traders primarily importing from Central Europe, Canada, the UnitedStates and India.Box A1.1: Profile of Pro-Ovo, AustriaPro-Ovo is partially owned by WEKO in the Netherlands and is Austria’s largest processor withan approximate 85% market share.Production: 7,000-8,000 tonnes per year (3mn eggs)Employment: 20 personsMain products: produces primarily liquid egg (some frozen) as well as sugared concentrated products.Also produces some 20-30 tonnes per week of product from barn eggs for export and sale to pastrymanufacturers and large food processorsMain markets: 80% domestic, 20% exported to Germany, Croatia, Hungary, Czech RepublicApart from Pro-Ovo there are only three further processors. These are presented below:Amering Eiprodukte, estimated to have a 10% market share or less than 1,000 tonnes peryearSchloegel with a 2.5 % market shareFallsberger with a 2.5% market share.A1.1.4.2. Processor concentrationThe four companies indicated above between them undertake 100% of processing. Thus both thefour-firm and eight-firm concentration ratio is 100%..A1.1.4.3. Trade in egg productsAustria has a substantial deficit in egg production in that out of a total domestic usage of some116,000 tonnes in 2003 net imports amounted to 31,000 tonnes (41,000 of total imports less 10,000of exports). Self-sufficiency therefore amounts to 73% compared to 100% in 1991. In this context it isworth noting that Austria’s imports of shell eggs have risen from 88 mn eggs in 1997 to 212 mn eggsin 2002 while exports have remained stable at just under 30 mn. Net imports of liquid and frozen eggproducts came to 3,559 tonnes while net imports of dried egg products came to 1,292 t.112

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