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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 HENSBox A1.14: Profile Gold-Ei Erzeugerverbund GmbHGold-Ei Erzeugerverbund GmbH is estimated to pack and market the production from some6mn hens (1 bn + eggs). Largest individual member is Salmet GmbH & Co.which holds about 3 mnhens largely in traditional (550 sq. cm) cages. The bulk of production is in the eastern half ofGermany where there are four units including two with respectively 950,000-1mn hen places and780,000 places. In addition six farms in the state of Hesse supply approximately a further 800,000-1mn hen placesOwnership: Marketing organisation with Gold-Ei brandMain markets: Domestic retail chain and some 30% to processorsA1.6.2.2. Production (packer) concentrationThe German packing industry is highly concentrated. The largest of the packers, DeutscheFrühstücksei GmbH, accounts for some 30% of the total. Between them these four account for anestimated 67% of total eggs packed in Germany. The 8-firm concentration ration is estimated at48%. The estimated market shares for the top eight packers ( 83%) is presented in Table A1.37below.Table A1.37: Main packers in Germany and concentrationRank Company Output 20031 Deutsche Frühstücksei GmbH 4.1 bn eggs2 Gold-Ei Erzeugerverbund GmbH 1 bn eggs3 Eierhof Hennes GmbH 1 bn eggs4 EZH Gutshof Ei GmbH 0.5 bn eggs5 W.H. Frischei 0.5 bn eggs6 Eifrisch-Vermarktung 0.5 bn eggs7 Rodinger Frischei 0.25 bn eggs8 Amshoff 0.25 bn eggs9 Rühl 0.25 bn eggs10 Fischer Weppler 0.25 bn eggs11 Others 1.25 bn eggsTotal eggs packed9.8 billion eggsA1.6.2.3. Main production systemsThe predominant mode of production is in traditional caged systems which accounted for 86.4% ofthe number of laying hens in 2001. In this year 6.9% of hens were held in free range systems(Freilandhaltung). Deep litter systems (Bodenhaltung) accounted for 5.9% of hens in 2001 and therewas almost no production perchery systems (Volierenhaltung). In 2002, the trend towards anincreasing share of hens held in alternative systems continued (15.1% of hens were held in alternativesystems and 84.1% in cages in 2002), with the exception of semi-intensive systems (0.1% in 2002compared to 0.5% in 2001). The biggest increase occurred for free range systems, which accountedfor 8.6% of laying hens held in 2002. Since the early 1990s the share of hens in alternative productionsystems has risen gradually from a base of 3.1% in 1990 to 13.6% in 2001.182

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