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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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APPENDIX 1: MEMBER STATE REPORTSA1.15. United KingdomA1.15.1. OverviewThe UK industry is highly concentrated. Whilst there were 30,580 producers in 2002, just 305producers with more than 20,000 birds accounted for 81% of just more than 30 million laying hens.Total production is just over 10 billion eggs 140 and the UK is a net importer (87% self-sufficient), mainsources for imports being Spain 141 , the Netherlands and France. There were some 1,700 registeredpackers in 2003.Deans Foods Ltd is the leading producer and packer in the UK. About two thirds of the eggsproduced for Deans Foods Ltd are produced on contract, the remainder from farms owned byDeans Foods. This is fairly typical across the industry with packers owning some production andprocuring the rest of their eggs on contract. Contracts are generally long-term in nature.There are eleven processors in the UK (some of whom operate together) and of these, Deans FoodLtd is the largest, followed by Stonegate Food Ingredients Ltd, Manton Group and Framptons Ltd.A1.15.2. Egg productionTotal egg production in the UK was just over 10 billion eggs in 2003 from a laying flock of around 30million birds. Caged production accounted for 69% of this total production (and will account for aslightly lower percentage of laying birds). Free range production is the main alternative systemaccounting for 25% of egg production (including 2% organic). Barn production is relativelyunimportant with 6% of egg production. There are some enriched cage systems in use commercially(totalling just under 100,000 laying hens) and some trial sites. There are an additional 1.5 millionenrichable hen places where the removal of panels and a hen and/or the addition of cage furniturewill ensure compliance with the Directive. Production from enriched cages is sold simply as eggsfrom caged hens and is undifferentiated from eggs produced in traditional cages.UK egg production is concentrated in the Midlands, mainly because this is close to the main centre ofgrain production, but this central location is also helpful for distribution.The evolution of egg production between 1992 and 2003 is shown in Figure A1.80 where it can beseen that production, having generally declined until 2000 is now increasing.140 Source: Defra. Packing station throughput. Farmgate sales and eggs delivered direct to processors will not be included.141 According to some members of the industry the result of recent expansion in cages which may not comply with the current 550 cm 2space allowance.311

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