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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSBox A1. 24: Profile of DerovoDerovo buys some 16,000 tonnes (weight without shell) of eggs per year and produces some 14,000tonnes of productOwnership: limited company owned by 73 large egg producersTurnover: not availableProfit: not availableEmployment:Main markets: domestic baking and catering. Exports to Spain and France (approx. 8,500 tonnes in2003)Main products: liquid whole egg , pasteurised egg yolk and egg white, egg in sprayA1.12.3.2. Processor concentrationThe Portuguese processing sector is extremely concentrated with just one operator beingresponsible for the entire domestic output.A1.12.3.3. Trade in egg productsDerovo is estimated to export over half of its production with a volume of some 8,500 tonnes in2003. The volume of exports has grown significantly in the last five years since in 1999 exports cameto some 1,500 t. The main export destination is Spain and in 2003 the main exports were egg yolkand whole egg. Imports by Derovo have also grown and came to some 1400 tonnes in 2003. Themain products imported were liquid whole egg and dried whole egg.A1.12.4. Egg marketsA1.12.4.1. Primary demandIt is estimated that just under half of all eggs marketed (49%) are sold to the retail sector, just underone quarter (24%) go to the processing sector, 14% to the food service sector and 13% into exports.Diret sales from producers are very limited.A1.12.4.2. PricesFigure A1.68 below tracks the evolution of EU and Portuguese prices since 1991. These havefollowed each other quite closely. Figure A1.69 shows the evolution of egg prices in Portugalbetween 1993 and 2003 and compares this to average EU prices. The initial gap between Portugueseand EU prices in the first half of the 1990s was very wide (30% higher in 1993) but by the second halfof the 1990s prices in Portugal started to be below the EU average and have remained between 5-10% below the EU average since 2001.278

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