Global Trends in the Dairy Industry: Outlook for the Baltics (Emerging Economies Transition)

This Conference Proceedings Takes A Detailed Look At The Outlook For The Dairy Industry In The Baltics. It Finds That Intense Competition For Raw Material, Changing Consumer Demand And Internationalisation Are Potent Forces Shaping The Global Dairy Industry Today And That Impending Eu Accession Offers The Baltic Countries A Unique Window Of Opportunity To Accelerate Consolidation And To Create A More Economically Viable And Sustainable Dairy Sector. Forword -- Executive Summary -- Opening Statements -- -alfonsas Tamosiunas -- Taina Kiekko -- Ken Ash -- Session I. The Production And Processing Sector In The Baltic Region -- The Structure Of Milk Processing And Marketing In Estonia By Piret Hein -- The Structure Of Milk Processing And Marketing In Lithuania By Alvydas Ramanauskas And Natalija Kazlauskiene -- Discussant: Implications For Producers, Processors, Consumers, And Policy Makers By Adrian Krijger -- The Emerging Farm Structure Of Mil Production And Trends In Production In Estonia: The Impact Of Farm Structures Onthe Quality And Producer Price Of Mil By Tiina Saron -- Situation And Trends In The Latvian Milk Production Sector By Inga Jekabsone -- The Emerging Farm Structure Of Milk Productio And Trends In The Production In Lithuania By Vytautas Lekesys -- Discussant: Implications For Producers, Processors, Consumers, And Government Policy By Hakan Loxbo -- Session 2. Market And Structureal Changes In The Dairy Sector --^ -recent Trends In Dairy Product Development And Markets By Thomas Cox -- Medium Term Market Prospects For The Main Dairy Products By Pavel Vavra -- Discussant: Market And Structural Change In The Dairy Sector By David Colman -- Emerging Structure In The Dairy Processing Sector By Michael Keane -- Structural Developments In The Dairy Processing Sector By Adriaan Krijger -- Discussant: Implications For The Dairy Sector In The Baltic Countries By Michael Ryan -- Session 3. Prospects For The Baltic Dairy Industry And Market Infrastructure -- The Role Of Supply Side Factors Including Direct Investment By Sevki Acuner -- The Dairy Sector In The Cec Countries: The State Of Restructuring And Future Challenges By Kalus Frohberg And Monika Hartmann -- Overview Of The Eu Dairy Sector Policy By David Colman -- The Eu Dairy Policy And Stage Of Adoption Ihe Baltic Countries By Julie Brayer --^ Discussant: Challenges And Opportunities To Developing A Competitive Milk Processing Sector By Antero Tuominen -- Session 4. Overall Conclusions And Implications -- Workshop Summary, Conclusions, And Implications By Michael Ryan -- Annex -- Agenda -- List Of Participants This Publication Brings Together The Contributions Presented At The Oecd Workshop On Agro-food Policies In Estonia, Latvia And Lithuania : Opportunites And Challenges For The Dairy Industry, Held In Vilnius, Lithuania On 4-5 December, 2001. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Intense competition for raw material, changing consumer demand and internationalisation are potent forces shaping the global dairy industry today. The creation of strategic alliances to penetrate product or regional markets is a growing phenomenon, raising important questions with respect to competition policy. In this highly pressurised environment, what is the outlook for the dairy industry in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania? Impending EU accession offers the Baltic countries a unique window of opportunity to accelerate consolidation and to create a more economically viable and sustainable dai