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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 HENS200180160140Self sufficiency (percent)120100806040200AustriaBelgiumDenmarkFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceIrelandItalyNetherlandsPortugalSpainSwedenUnited KingdomEU-15Figure 4.2: EU-15 Member State self sufficiency in 2003Source: DG Agri.There have been relatively few changes in this position since 1990, the most notable being thedecline in self sufficiency in the Netherlands from 338% to 192% (43%), partly the result of avianinfluenza and partly due to a general reduction in self sufficiency, a decline of 21% for Denmark from99% to 78% self sufficient and increases of 13% and 12% respectively for Spain and Italy turning bothfrom having a small net import requirement to having an exportable surplus. Both Austria andSweden went from self sufficiency in 1991 to having net import requirements whilst Finland’s selfsufficiency became an exportable surplus.Figure 4.3 shows that the 10 new Member States were generally self sufficient between 1995 and2002, although a slight exportable surplus was apparent in 2003 arising from a decrease inconsumption which exceeded the small fall in production.66

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