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Organic Farming and Market in the European Union Edition 2019 Organic Farming and Market in the European Union Edition ORGANIC FARMING AND MARKET IN THE EUROPEAN UNION International publications by Agence BIO 2019 Edition 1 Organic Farming and Market in the European Union Table of contents THE DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ......................................4 GROWTH CONTINUED IN 2017 AND 2018 ...................................................................................................................................... 4 7.5% OF THE AGRICULTURAL AREA OF THE EU WAS GROWN ORGANICALLY IN 2018.............................................................................. 7 MAIN DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN 2000 AND 2018 .......................................................................................................................... 8 A SHARE OF IN-CONVERSION AREAS HIGH IN A LARGE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES ...................................................................................10 SIGNIFICANT REGIONAL SPECIFICITIES WITHIN EACH COUNTRY ......................................................................................................... 11 OTHER OPERATORS IN THE ORGANIC SECTOR ................................................................................................... 13 A HETEROGENEOUS DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROCESSING OF ORGANIC FOOD ACCORDING TO THE COUNTRIES ......................................... 13 IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS..................................................................................................................... 13 CHARACTERISTICS AND DEVELOPMENTS OF THE ORGANIC MARKET .................................................................. 14 MORE OR LESS DIVERSIFIED AND STRUCTURED DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS ..........................................................................................14 THE ORGANIC CONSUMPTION CONTINUES TO INCREASE. ................................................................................................................ 15 FOCUS ON THE 10 MAIN ORGANIC MARKETS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ............................................................................................ 17 THE ORGANIC MARKET IN THE OTHER EU COUNTRIES .....................................................................................................................38 FOCUS ON ORGANIC PRODUCTS IN OUT-OF-HOME CATERING ......................................................................................................... 50 CONCLUSIONS ON ORGANIC CONSUMPTION ................................................................................................................................ 63 Common aspects to many EU countries..............................................................................................................................63 Differences between EU countries ..................................................................................................................................... 65 What future developments for the EU organic markets? .................................................................................................... 65 EXCHANGES OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS ................................................................................................................ 67 MAIN FEATURES .......................................................................................................................................................................67 TRADE INSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION ......................................................................................................................................... 69 Exports .............................................................................................................................................................................. 70 Imports.............................................................................................................................................................................. 71 TRADE WITH THIRD COUNTRIES .................................................................................................................................................. 72 Exports of organic products to Third Countries ................................................................................................................... 72 Imports of organic products from the Third Countries into the EU ....................................................................................... 73 Trade with the United Kingdom after the Brexit ................................................................................................................. 76 FOCUS ON ORGANIC CROPS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION ...................................................................................... 77 CEREALS, OILSEEDS, PROTEIN CROPS AND DRY PULSES: MORE THAN 2.9 MILLION HA GROWN ORGANICALLY IN 2018 .............................. 77 Cereals: 16% of the EU areas grown organically in 2018 ..................................................................................................... 78 Oilseeds: increasing areas in 2017 and 2018 ...................................................................................................................... 80 Protein crops and pulses: 16.2% increase in 2018 ...............................................................................................................81 ORGANIC SUGAR BEET: MAINLY GROWN IN GERMANY ................................................................................................................... 82 VEGETABLES: A VARIED ORGANIC PRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................83 ORGANIC FRUITS: SPAIN AND ITALY AT THE TOP ........................................................................................................................... 85 ORGANIC FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKET ................................................................................................................................... 88 FRAGRANT, AROMATIC AND MEDICINAL PLANTS: ALMOST 98,500 HA GROWN ORGANICALLY IN THE EU IN 2018 ................................... 90 VITICULTURE: NEARLY 347,600 HA OF VINES GROWN ORGANICALLY IN THE EU IN 2018..................................................................... 90 FOCUS ON ORGANIC ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS IN THE EU ..................................................................................... 94 ORGANIC COW'S MILK: MORE THAN 5.4 MILLION TONS IN 2018 ...................................................................................................... 94 ORGANIC GOATS: GREECE AT THE TOP .......................................................................................................................................100 MARKET FOR ORGANIC BABY PRODUCTS: PRODUCTS LIKED IN MANY COUNTRIES ..............................................................................100 2 Organic Farming and Market in the European Union ORGANIC BEEF, MUTTON AND PORK MEATS: INCREASING PRODUCTIONS......................................................................................... 101 ORGANIC POULTRY: A MAJORITY OF BROILERS ............................................................................................................................104 EGGS: MORE THAN 6 BILLION ORGANIC EGGS LAID IN THE EU IN 2018 ............................................................................................104 ORGANIC HONEY: NEARLY 871,000 ORGANIC HIVES IN 2017 ......................................................................................................... 105 ORGANIC AQUACULTURE: MUSSELS AND SALMON ARE THE MAIN PRODUCTIONS ..............................................................................106 WILLINGNESS TO DEVELOP THE ORGANIC SECTOR AND PUBLIC POLICIES ........................................................ 109 NEW ORGANIC REGULATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ..............................................................................................................109 COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ............................................................................................................................................. 110 EUROPEAN UNION ORGANIC ACTION PLAN ................................................................................................................................. 111 NATIONAL OR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................... 111 PROMOTION OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS ........................................................................................................................................ 117 RESEARCH SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................................................... 118 SUPPORT FOR TRAINING AND ADVICE ......................................................................................................................................... 121 OTHER SUBSIDIES TO OPERATORS ............................................................................................................................................. 122 PROTECTION OF PUBLIC SPACES AND FRAGILE AREAS ................................................................................................................... 125 OTHER ACTIONS 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