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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSAlthough Swedish egg production has declined from its high points in the late 1980s, production in2004 was virtually unchanged from that in 1971. However, 2004 does represent an increase on theprevious year (9%) which was the end of a decline in production which began in 1997 and cutproduction by 8%. The evolution of egg production is shown in Figure A1. 75.140120Swedish egg production ('000 tonnes)1008060402001971 1976 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004Figure A1. 75: Evolution of egg production 1971-2004Source: EuroEgg & Business AB.There has also been significant concentration in the production sector as illustrated in Figure A1. 76which presents the evolution of proportion of flocks by flock size. In 1976 there were 35,142producers, of which just over three quarters (80.0%) had a flock size of less than 50 laying hens. By2003 the total number of producers with laying hens had fallen to 5,422, although the proportionwith less than 50 birds had increased to 87.5%. In 2003, the 204 producers with flocks in excess of5,000 birds accounted for 91.5% of all laying hens. The average number of laying hens held increasedten-fold from 99 to 999 over the same period.296