The Implications of EC Enlargement for the EC Food Industry

Abstract

Future enlargement of the EC to include Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) will have implications for the EC food industry. In the short to medium term, the food industry in the CEECs is not expected to be able to compete with the EC food industry (except in some specific sectors where CEECs traditionally have been strong ‐ such as soft fruit in Poland, wine in Bulgaria and, possibly, processed meat in Hungary). In the longer term CEECs may be able to take advantage of relatively low labour and production costs and proximity to EC markets; although this will be of limited value until the EC opens its markets for agricultural and food products to a greater degree than is provided for under the present Association Agreements.

Citation

Verhoeven, L. (1993), "The Implications of EC Enlargement for the EC Food Industry", British Food Journal, Vol. 95 No. 7, pp. 37-39. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000002377