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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS TO KEEP LAYING HENS3.501.60Producer and retail price (€/kg)3.002.502.001.501.000.501.401.201.000.800.600.400.20Difference between retailer and producer price (€/kg)0.001990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003Producer prices Retail prices Difference0.00Figure A1.18: Retail and producer prices 1990-2003The price for egg products follows the producer price of shell eggs closely as raw material costaccounts for 70% to 80% of production cost.Figure A1.19 shows the evolution of Finnish egg prices between 1995 and 2003 and compares this tothe weighted average EU price. The Finnish price came close to the EU average in 1997, but thisyear aside has remained higher. Whilst the Finnish price appears to track the EU price there was adivergence in 1998 and 1999 which widened the price differential as can be clearly seen in FigureA1.20. The difference in price has narrowed somewhat from this high point.156

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