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Der Slowakische Markt Fur Milch Und Milchprodukte -- Vom Beginn Der Transformation Bis Zum Eu-Beitritt

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  • Glitsch, Kristina
  • Eerits, Alena

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Like in other CEEC, transition in the beginning of the 1990s had significant consequences for the agricultural and food sectors in Slovakia. For example, Slovakian consumers reacted to the abolition of consumer subsidies by drastically reducing their consumption of milk and milk products. Concurrently, milk production declined and now stands at fifty percent of its 1989 level. Dairies were closed down while those remaining carried on producing under constantly increasing overcapacities. In the years prior to EU accession, activities in the milk sector were primarily aimed at the adoption of EU standards. Meanwhile, the Slovakian milk processing industry is predominantly in the possession of foreign investors. Present per capita consumption of milk and milk production is still at a very low level, which nutrition experts assess as an alarming health risk. This paper contains an overview of the Slovakian dairy sector, which comprises the complete milk chain from primary production to processing and retailing up to consumption. The description is complemented by background information on demographic, economic and political parameters in Slovakia. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Ähnlich wie in den anderen MOEL hatte auch in der Slowakei der Systemwechsel Anfang der 90er Jahre drastische Folgen für den Agrar- und Ernährungssektor. Die Konsumenten reagierten auf die Abschaffung der Verbrauchersubventionen bei Milch und Milchprodukten mit deutlicher Einschränkung ihrer Nachfrage. Gleichzeitig schrumpfte die Milchproduktion seit Transformationsbeginn auf gegenwärtig etwa die Hälfte des Niveaus von 1989. Molkereien wurden geschlossen bzw. mit stetig wachsenden Überkapazitäten betrieben. In den letzten Jahren vor dem EU-Beitritt waren die Aktivitäten in diesem Sektor in erster Linie auf die Anpassung an EU-Standards gerichtet. Mittlerweile ist die slowakische Milchverarbeitung überwiegend in ausländischer Hand. Der Pro-Kopf-Konsum von Milch und Milchprodukten hat sich auf einem sehr niedrigen, von Ernährungsexperten als gesundheitlich bedenklich beurteilten, Niveau eingependelt. Dieser Diskussionsbeitrag hat eine Zusammenschau von Informationen über den slowakischen Milchsektor zum Inhalt, die die ganze Kette von der Primärproduktion über Verarbeitung und Handel bis hin zum Verbrauch umfasst. Eingebettet sind diese Ausführungen in eine Darstellung der demographischen, wirtschaftlichen und marktpolitischen Rahmenbedingungen der Slowakei.

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  • Glitsch, Kristina & Eerits, Alena, 2004. "Der Slowakische Markt Fur Milch Und Milchprodukte -- Vom Beginn Der Transformation Bis Zum Eu-Beitritt," IAMO Discussion Papers 14873, Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO).
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:iamodp:14873
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.14873
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    1. Elsner, Karin & Hartmann, Monika, 1998. "Convergence of food consumption patterns between Eastern and Western Europe," IAMO Discussion Papers 13, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO).
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