Changes in Self-Sufficiency in Beef and Pork in Selected Central and Eastern Europe Markets
Changes in Self-Sufficiency in Beef and Pork in Selected Central and Eastern Europe Markets

Summary/Abstract: Food self-sufficiency is considered a priority for modern economies. The meat market is among themost developed food markets in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Their accession to theEuropean Union opened up new markets to producers, while raising competition levels. The aim of thearticle is to assess the level of self-sufficiency in beef and pork in selected countries of Central andEastern Europe in 2005-2017. Simplified indicators of food self-sufficiency were used, with focus onmeasures of technical and economic self-sufficiency. Technical self-sufficiency was measured on thebasis of the volume of foreign trade; the amount of meat produced per capita and the ratio of meatconsumption to production were also taken into account. Economic self-sufficiency was assessed onthe basis the value of foreign trade. Considerable differences in terms of self-sufficiency have beenfound among the countries of Central and Eastern European. It turns out that Poland, Lithuania andEstonia have the safest beef policy, while Hungary and Estonia are leaders in terms of pork productionpolicies. Domestic beef production satisfies the demand in the majority of countries of Central andEastern Europe; when it comes to pork, only Poland is self-sufficient. The lowest degree of beef andpork self-sufficiency has been observed in Bulgaria and Slovakia; Slovenia is least self-sufficient interms of pork production.

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