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EU Producer Numbers

Published 21 December 11

EU Dairy Producer Numbers

• The number of dairy producers in the EU- 27 fell by 14% between 2009/10 and 2010/11.
• Bulgaria saw the largest fall in dairy producer numbers - falling by 85,942 (82.6%) between 2009/10 and 2010/11.
• Cyprus was the only country where the producer numbers were unchanged between 2009/10 and 10/11.

The number of dairy producers in the EU- 27 fell by 14% (169,429) between 2009/10 and 2010/11 to 1,038,685. Poland and Romania, one of the newest Member States accounted for 53.7% of the total number of producers  in the 27 current Member States, with Romania alone accounting for 37.1%. Looking at the EU- 25, the number of producers has fallen by 5.3% (35,609) over the same period to 635,643 producers.   

Romania, home to the majority of European dairy producers experienced the second largest fall in dairy producer numbers between 2009/10 and 2010/11 falling by 47,878 (11.1%) to 384,959. In percentage terms and absolute numbers Bulgaria has seen the largest fall in producers over the period, falling by 82.6% to 18,083.

Source: Europa