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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSBox A1. 26: Profile of Väst Farm ABVäst Farm AB is one of the largest farm-packers in Sweden with a market share of just over 1%.In addition to packing, this company also rears pullets and operates a barn production system ofjust under 20,000 laying hensOwnership: Limited companyTurnover: SEK 18 million, €1.96 million, in 2003Profit: not availableEmployment: 20 employees in total, some of whom are part-time yielding around 11 full-timeequivalents, 4.5 of whom work in the packing operationMain markets: domestic local retail sectorA1.14.2.2. Production (packer) concentrationThe Swedish packing industry is made up of 150 registered packers, of which just 25 account for 75%of all eggs packed. The largest of these, Svenska Lantägg AB, accounts for about a third of these, aquarter of the total. The Star Group (consisting of five packers) has a slightly smaller market shareand they are followed by Lokal Packers (consisting of five packers) and the co-operative Kronägg andas number five Skånesjuan. Between them these five account for 70% of total eggs packed in Sweden.The industry did not release market shares for the top companies Table A1. 119.Table A1. 119: Main egg packers in SwedenRank Company Output 20031 Svenska Lantägg AB Not available2 Star Group Not available3 Lokal Packers Not available4 Kronägg Not available5 Skånesjuan Not availableTotal production1.476 billion eggsA1.14.2.3. Main production systemsThe latest date at which figures are available by production system is 16 December 2003(www.eurobusiness.se/eggsweden). At this point, 44.5% of laying hens in Sweden were kept in cages.Of this, 64% (28.5% of total laying hens) were in enriched cages with the remainder (16% of thetotal) in traditional cages. Of those in traditional cages, just 4% had received permission to remain inthis system until January 2004. The majority are engaged in a legal battle with the Swedishgovernment over the right to use traditional cages until 2012. Around half (49.5%) of Swedish layinghens were in barn systems in December 2003 and 6% were kept according to organic standards.The industry expects that the proportion of laying hens in enriched cages has now increased at theexpense of those in barn systems as more producers have completed investment programmes.National Swedish legislation is more restrictive than that mandated by the EU. The main differencesare as follows:299

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