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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSTable A1. 123: Capital (fixed) costs for 2003 (per kg eggs) (prices in € cents at SEK =€0.108956)Enriched cagesLabour 5.71Buildings 7.02Equipment 7.61LandManure disposal 2.01Insurance 0.77Utilities 4.26Cleaning 1.47Miscellaneous 1.32Total fixed costs 30.16Source: Industry estimates.A1.14.2.6. Gross marginsBuilding on the cost data in Section A1.14.2.5, Table A1. 124 presents revenue figures and from thiscalculates producer gross margin. It should be stressed that the prices obtained in 2003 were higherthan normal for caged eggs reflecting a tightening of supply.Table A1. 124: Egg producer gross margin 2003 (in € cents at SEK = €0.108956 per kg)Enriched cagesEgg returns 95.74Revenue from spent hens -0.96Output (per year) 94.78Total variable costs 72.71Gross margin 22.07Source: Industry estimates, EuroEgg & Business AB.A1.14.3. Egg processingThere are just two companies processing egg in Sweden, Källbergs Industri AB, the largest, andSvenska Lantägg AB. The latter is linked in to the Swedish egg production sector as it is mainly apacker with processing as a subsidiary activity. Källbergs on the other hand is a food industrycompany which uses eggs as a raw material. Källbergs processes around 254 million eggs annuallyand tends to use a high proportion of first quality eggs as this is increasingly demanded by theirclients. Svenska Lantägg, on the other hand, uses processing more as a means of extracting valuefrom eggs which cannot be sold in shell. There is some differentiation of products according toproduction system, but most of this is destined for export markets of which Germany and the UKare the most important. Sweden produces both powdered and liquid egg products.A1.14.3.1. Main egg processorsThe market for egg products in Sweden is equivalent to 365 million eggs. Roughly 159 million eggsare sourced domestically with the balance imported either as shell eggs for processing or processed303

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