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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSA1.8.3.1. Main egg processorsIrish Egg Products is profiled in Box A1.20.Box A1.20: Profile of Irish Egg ProductsIrish Egg Products is the only Irish egg processorOwnership: LimitedTurnover: not availableProfit: not availableEmployment: 22Main markets: domestic and Northern Ireland (7%)A1.8.3.2. Processor concentrationIrish Egg Products is the only processor of eggs in Ireland.A1.8.3.3. Trade in egg productsThe Irish demand for dried egg products is met through imports, as is a significant proportion (up toa quarter) of the demand for liquid egg products. Dried egg products are sourced primarily fromGermany, France and the Netherlands and liquid products are drawn from the UK, France, theNetherlands, Belgium and Germany. Some processed products enter Ireland from third countriesincluding Brazil, Argentina, Chile, the US, India and Thailand.A1.8.4. Egg marketsA1.8.4.1. Primary demandIreland’s production of 550 million eggs is supplemented by imports of around 82.5 million eggs andthere are exports of approximately 16.5 million eggs leaving a supply for the domestic market of 616million eggs. Of these, 60% (369.6 million eggs) are used in the retail sector, 30% (184.8 million eggs)in the food service industry (hotels, wholesale and catering) and the remaining 10% (61.6 millioneggs) are processed. It is estimated by the industry that a further 3.5 million eggs 102 are eitherutilised on farm or sold direct and therefore are not represented in the above figures.The vast majority of eggs produced in alternative systems are sold in shell through the retail sectorwith a small quantity sold as shell eggs to the catering industry. Second quality eggs from alternativesystems are used for processing, but are undifferentiated from caged eggs and therefore do notcommand a premium.102 Based on the returns from 230 of the 257 registered packers, see Section A1.8.2. This figure does not include direct sales from packersthat are not registered and these are likely to have a higher proportion of direct sales.215

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