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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 HENSA1.4.3.3. Trade in egg productsThe Finnish egg processing sector mainly serves the domestic market, but there are some exports toSweden, Lithuania, Estonia and sometimes to Denmark and the Netherlands. These typically accountfor between 10% and 20% of total production. The export market is to order rather than as amarket balancing exercise and as a result exported products are drawn mainly from first quality eggs.The only real surplus disposal market is frozen egg whites to Estonia.Imports are currently limited and are confined to processed products from Belgium and occasionallyGermany. There are currently no imports from third countries and importing liquid products fromthird countries is considered to be very unlikely for reasons of transport cost and shelf life. Theimport of frozen products is, however, considered possible, as is that of dried products. The marketis very much price driven (assuming quality and shelf-life are comparable) and there is therefore noreason why imports would not be used as long as the price was competitive and the logistics of thesupply chain could be guaranteed.A1.4.4. Egg marketsA1.4.4.1. Primary demandConsumption of eggs in Finland was 51 million kg 71 in 2003. Some 35 million kg of shell eggs weresold through the retail sector, 30.8 million kg in boxes, the balance from open trays. The processingsector accounted for 6.6 million kg and the catering sector for 5.9 million kg. Approximately 3.5million kg were sold direct from farms/were used on farm. The remaining shell eggs (around 8million kg) are exported.All eggs produced in deep litter systems are sold as shell eggs through the retail sector with a pricepremium of around 50% over eggs from caged hens.Processed eggs are destined for the catering, bakery and food industry markets, although it was notpossible to determine the market share between these outlets. All processed eggs are for humanconsumption purposes.Scanegg operate an identity preserved organic frozen whole egg line which uses second qualityorganic eggs plus some outgraded first quality eggs. A premium is paid for these eggs and this ispassed on to the consumer.A1.4.4.2. PricesRetail and producer prices are presented in Figure A1.18 using data from TNS-Gallup. Pricesdecreased sharply after accession to the EU in 1995, as did the margin between retail and producerprice, although this has subsequently recovered.71 Approximately 816 million eggs at 62.5 grams per egg.155

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