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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 HENSThe 2003 four and eight firm concentration ratios 5 in the egg packing sector are presented in Figure2.13. The most concentrated packing sectors are in France and Denmark where the CR-4 is 99.0%and 97.6% respectively. The sectors in Finland, Ireland, Sweden, the UK and Italy are all moreconcentrated than the EU-15 average, with least concentration evident in Greece, Spain and Portugal.In the vast majority of cases the packing sectors are more concentrated now than they were adecade ago as larger companies have acquired smaller ones and mergers have taken place. Finland isan example where concentration has decreased as some (now significant) players were establishedafter accession.100.0%90.0%80.0%70.0%Concentration ratio60.0%50.0%40.0%30.0%20.0%10.0%0.0%AustriaBelgiumDenmarkFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceIrelandItalyNetherlandsPortugalSpainSwedenUKEU-15CR-4CR-8Figure 2.13: Four and eight firm packer concentration ratios by Member State, 2003, (%share of market held by respectively top 4 (CR-4) and top 8 (CR-8) companies)Notes: Data for top four companies concentration ratio (CR-4) in France refers the top 3 companies only as data for top 4and top 8 (CR-8) in France is not available. Data for CR-4 in Sweden refers to top five companies, CR-8 in Sweden is not available.Source: Industry estimates and <strong>Agra</strong> <strong>CEAS</strong> <strong>Consulting</strong> calculations.An indication of the significance of the processing sector is provided by the data in Table 2.1 whichshows the number of eggs broken for processing as a percentage of domestic egg production. Usingthis limited data suggests that up to 24% of eggs produced in the EU-15 are broken for processing (in5 A concentration ratio (CR) is a measure of the market share accounted for by a particular number of enterprises in a sector or subsector.Thus the term CR-4 indicates the market share held by the largest four enterprises the term CR-8 indicates the market share heldby the largest eight enterprises.16

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