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Assessment of the competitive position of pig production in

Romania compared to the Netherlands

Profitability is influenced by the cost of pig production. Figure 2. Assessment of pig cost of production and split into cost factors
A cost calculation has been made using data from (€/kg carcass weight)
Biggenprijzenschema (WLR, 2019) for the Netherlands
and an interview with Mr. Adrian Balaban for Romania, 1.80 1,68
for the year 2018 (Figure 2). 1.60 1,60
0.22 0.37
The cost of professional pig production in Romania 1.40
(€1.60) is slightly lower than in the Netherlands 0.13 0.08
(€1.68), due to lower labour and housing costs, and 1.20 0.16 0.21
lower miscellaneous costs such as for manure. Feed 1.00 0.04
costs and capital costs are lower in the Netherlands. 0.12
These costs reflect a farrow-to-finish farm. 0.80
0.60
If costs are broken down into piglet production and 1.05
growing-finishing, it is shown that piglet production is 0.40 0.90
more expensive in Romania (€58) than in the 0.20
Netherlands (€53), which is more than compensated
by lower costs in the growing-finishing stage: €99 in 0.00
Romania, versus €108 in the Netherlands for the Romania Netherlands
weight increase from 25 to 120 kg.

Feed costs Labour costs Housing costs Capital costs Miscellaneous costs

Meat production ASF National potential Regional potential Conclusions References Contact Annex 1 Annex 2 Annex 3 Annex 4 81