Milk and dairy industry in Romania – analysis of the degree of competitiveness at European level

Diana-Maria Drigă ()
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Diana-Maria Drigă: Institute of Agricultural Economics, Romanian Academy, Bucharest

Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 2024, vol. 21, issue 2, 271-281

Abstract: The paper presents an analysis of milk and dairy industry in Romania in the period 2011-2020 to reveal the degree of this sector competitiveness at European level. Several economic indicators were taken into consideration for the purpose of this study (production value, number of enterprises, apparent labour productivity, gross value added per employee, share of gross operating surplus in value added and investment rate), on the basis of which a comparative analysis was carried out with other EU member states. An analysis of the milk and dairy trade of Romania was also carried out for the period 2011–2022. The results of the study reveal that in the investigated period, Romania ranked last in terms of average cow milk yield in the European Union. Romania cannot cover the consumption needs of milk and dairy products from domestic production, being dependent on imports. For the period 2011–2022, Romania’s balance of trade in milk and dairy products was negative, with imports coming mainly from the intra-Community area. The increase of input costs as well as the new EU regulations regarding climate change mitigation and animal welfare could lead to a continuous decline of cow herds in Romania.

Keywords: : milk and dairy industry; economic indicators; competitiveness; trade. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q13 Q19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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