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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSThe share of barn eggs in consumer purchases is much higher than the share of free-range eggs TableA1.82. To a large extent this is due to the translations of the system labels which favours barn eggs.The Dutch term for barn eggs (‘scharreleieren’) is associated by consumers with the free-rangeproduction system and not the deep litter or perchery housing system.Table A1.82: Consumer purchases of shell eggs (million eggs) 1990-20031990 1999 2001 2003Cages 841 603 607 535Barn 331 522 509 545Free range n.a n.a. 24 27Organic n.a n.a. 14 13Total 1,172 1,125 1,154 1,120Source: PVE/GfKThe Dutch egg processing industry bought 2.295 billion eggs in 2002, approximately twice the volumeconsumed in shell. The egg processing industry traditionally buys second quality eggs and grade outs,but supplements these with first quality eggs, the vast majority of which are produced in cagedsystems. As Table A1.83 shows, the Dutch processing industry almost doubled in size between 1990and 2000.Table A1.83: Supply of eggs to egg processing industry 1990-20031990 2000 2002Supply in billion eggs 1.334 2.326 2.295Source: PVEA1.10.4.2. PricesThe evolution of egg prices in the Netherlands between 1991 and 2003 is presented in Figure A1.61where it is compared to the weighted average EU price. The Netherlands egg price has been veryclosely correlated with the EU price, at a discount of around 15% see Figure A1.62. However, theAvian Influenza outbreak in 2003 resulted in a restriction of supply and higher prices in theNetherlands compared to the EU for the only time in the period shown.250

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