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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSA1.10.2.5. Gross marginsAdding egg and spent hen revenue to the variable cost data in the previous section allows thecalculation of producer gross margin Table A1.77. This shows that the additional revenue availablefrom both eggs and the spent hen more than compensate for the higher variable costs leading tohigher gross margins in the alternative systems.Table A1.77: Egg producer gross margin per kg (2003) in Euro centsTraditional cages Barn Free range OrganicEgg returns 71.98 86.38 99.98 172.76Revenue from spent hens 1.49 1.82 1.90 3.50Output (per year) 73.47 88.20 101.88 176.26Total variable costs 58.55 66.87 71.15 132.62Gross margin 14.92 21.33 30.73 43.64Source: ASG-publication: KWIN-V 2003-2004 and <strong>Agra</strong> <strong>CEAS</strong> <strong>Consulting</strong> calculations.A1.10.3. Egg processingThere were 17 egg processing companies active in the Netherlands in 2002 using a total of 2.295billion eggs. Table A1.78 shows that there has been a significant amount of concentration in thesector since 2000 with the loss of 6 companies. Despite this, the number of eggs supplied to theindustry was broadly similar in 2000 and 2002 suggesting that existing companies were increasing inscale. Production of egg products was 42% higher in 2003 than in 1992.Table A1.78: Number of firms in the egg processing industry and their production 1992-2003Volume of eggs bought-in annually: 1992 2000 2002 2003< 625,000 kg 5625,000-10,000,000 kg 3>10,000,000 kg 9Total number of firms n.a. 23 18 17Total number of eggs supplied to industry, excluding imports (‘000 tons eggs) 103.9 144.2 142.3 n.a.Production of egg products (‘000 tons liquid egg equivalent) 103.8 133.1 127.4 147.0 (1)Note:Total production in 2002 is provisional.Source: PVE-publication: Vee, vlees en eieren in cijfers, various years.A1.10.3.1. Processor concentrationThe Dutch processing sector is very concentrated with just 17 companies in 2003. These are listedalphabetically in Table A1.79 with their share of production in 2001, the latest available year. TheTable also shows the 4-firm concentration ratio (82%) and the 8-firm concentration ratio (98%).247

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