Competitiveness of Northern European dairy chains Taloustutkimus PUBLICATIONS 116 Competitiveness of Northern European dairy chains Csaba Jansik (ed.) Xavier Irz Nataliya Kuosmanen March 2014 MTT Agrifood Research Finland Economic Research PUBLICATIONS 116 ISBN 978-951-687-176-2 (printed version) ISBN 978-951-687-177-9 (electronic version) ISSN-L 1798-5900 ISSN 1798-5897 (printed) ISSN 1798-5900 (electronic) Copyright MTT Economic Research, Agrifood Research Finland Publisher MTT Economic Research, Agrifood Research Finland, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790 Helsinki, Finland http://www.mtt.fi/mttl Sales and distribution MTT Economic Research, Agrifood Research Finland, Latokartanonkaari 9, 00790 Helsinki, Finland Tel. +358 29 5300 700 e-mail:
[email protected] Printing Vammalan Kirjapaino Oy 2014 Apart from the process of statistical data and the calculations for the indicators infor- mation in this report is based on over a hundred interviews among the stakeholders of dairy supply chains in the eight countries. The authors would hereby like to thank all who via these interviews kindly shared their views and contributed their expertise. The viewpoints of actors and experts of the chain are presented anonymously. Special thanks go to Aldona Stalgienė, Marcin Żekało, Juris Hāzners, Helma Jirgena, Christoph Geil, Ole Kristensen, Lennart Holmström and Risto Kauppinen, colleagues who devoted their time to organise the interviews with dairy farms and dairy companies and/or helped with interpretation. We are grateful to our colleagues who kindly reviewed earlier versions of the manuscript and provided us with valuable comments: Ludwig Theuvsen and Heiko Hansen (Germany), Jannik Toft Andersen and Jens Christian Flye (Denmark), Lennart Holmström and Hans Samuelsson (Sweden), Timo Sipiläinen, Marika Säynevirta, Juha Nousiainen and Reijo Kiskola (Finland), Tiina Saron, Rando Värnik and Ants-Hannes Viira (Estonia), Agnese Krievina (Latvia), Deiva Mikelionytė and Aldona Stalgienė (Lithuania), Iwona Szczepaniak and Piotr Szajner (Poland).