Cheese Market in the Danube Region Countries

Vlahović, Branislav and Puškarić, Anton (2014) Cheese Market in the Danube Region Countries. In: International Scientific Conference "Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Terms of the Republic of Serbia Strategic Goals Realization within the Danube Region" :Rural development and (un)limited resources. Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade, pp. 155-172. ISBN 978-86-6269-036-4

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Abstract

The subject and the goal of the research are to recognize trends in production, export and import of cheese in the countries of the Danube region. Data sources are the FAO and the International Trade Centre (ITC) database in the time period 2005-2012. The average cheese production in the region amounts 2.7 million tons, with moderate growth tendency. The biggest producer is Germany, with share of over 70%. The average export of cheese of this group of countries amounts 1.2 million tons with modest growth tendency. The biggest exporter is Germany. The export price amounts 4.2 USD/kg. Import of the group amounts 800 thousand tons. The biggest importer is also Germany. The Danube region countries realize a positive balance of foreign trade exchange of cheese in amount of 380 thousand tons. Besides the saturated international market, the cheese market in these group countries is very stable.

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