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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 HENS450.0300.0Volume of trade ('000 tonnes)150.00.0-150.0-300.0-450.0AustriaBelgiumDenmarkFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceIrelandItalyNetherlandsPortugalSpainSwedenUnited KingdomEU-15Trade balanceFigure 4.6: Total imports, exports and trade balance by EU-15 Member State 2003Note: EU-15 data excludes intra-EU trade.Source: DG Agri.Figure 4.7 shows the evolution of EU-N10 third country trade. In the 1995 to 2002 period, the EU-N10 trade balance fluctuated between a net deficit of -5,380 tonnes (2001) and a net surplus of10,639 tonnes (2002). As a result of lower EU-15 production due to avian influenza in 2003 the EU-N10 trade balance improved considerably, when the EU-N10 achieved a net export surplus of 43,911tonnes.Over this period, the total volume of imports increased only slightly from about 9,000 to 12,000tonnes per year. By contrast, the volume of exports increased considerably from approximately8,000 tonnes in 1995 to more than 55,000 tonnes in 2003, so that the net trade surplus has risensharply.70

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