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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS TO KEEP LAYING HENS2.4.3. Weighted average EU cost dataThis Section weights the variable and fixed costs for each Member State presented in Section 2.4.2 bythe relative size of the national egg sectors, as measured by laying hens. This exercise results in thevariable costs presented in Figure 2.30 and the fixed costs in Figure 2.31 below. These figures are<strong>Agra</strong> <strong>CEAS</strong> <strong>Consulting</strong> calculations based on industry estimates.Costs for the enriched system are not representative at EU level being drawn from just Sweden andthe UK 16 and are therefore not shown.Fixed costs show the same pattern, increasing from traditional cage to enriched cage, mainly as aresult of higher labour costs, but also higher building and equipment costs, and again increasing forbarn, free range and organic systems respectively.160.00140.00Weighted average variable cost per kg eggs (Euro cents)120.00100.0080.0060.0040.0020.00-Traditional cage Barn Free range Organic All systemsFeed cost Medication/vet Miscellaneous Bird depreciationFigure 2.30: Weighted average variable costs per kg eggs for all Member States and allsystems (2003)16 While enriched cages do exist in Germany no comparable data was made available to this study and for Belgium data is on anexperimental rather than commercial basis only. The reader should also bear in mind that UK enriched cage data is drawn from‘enrichable’ cages operating at 630 cm 2 rather than 750 cm 2 .44

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