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II. Historical evolution and (baseline) prospects for the

          Romanian sector






           II.1. Important characteristics                      Figure 1. Recent development of supply, demand and net trade (2010-2019)
              The Romanian pig sector comprises a limited
               number of large scale commercial farms and                                 Supply, demand and trade
                                                                1,000
               more than 1.6 million pig holdings, hosting in   1.000                                                                  0
               total more than 4 million pigs (319.8
               thousands sows) in 2018.                           800                                                                  -200
              The Romanian pig sector faces structural           600                                                                  -400
               problems such as poor pig performance and
               lack of efficiency, which eventually lead to       400                                                                  -600
               higher production costs.                                                                                                -800
              Other problems that the development of the         200
                                                                                                                                       -1,000
               sector encounters are poor infrastructure and                                                                           -1.000
               production chains that are barely organised.         0                                                                  -1.200
                                                                                                                                       -1,200
              The sector benefits from low feed and animal-     -200      2010  2011  2012  2013  2014   2015  2016  2017  2018   2019
                                                                                                                                       -1.400
               housing costs.                                                                                                          -1,400
              Romania is self-sufficient in feed crops such as   -400                                                                 -1,600
                                                                                                                                       -1.600
               wheat, maize, barley and sunflower. However,
               the country remains an importer of other feed                            Production pig meat (1,000 tonnes cwe)
               crops such as soya.                                                      Net exports (1,000 tonnes cwe)
                                                                                        Consumption pig meat (1,000 tonnes cwe)
           Source: EU and national statistics (2019 is estimated)                       Net exports live animals (right axis, 1,000 head)

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