THE ROMANIAN MILK SECTOR – CHARACTERISTICS AND POST-ACCESSION ASSESSMENTS

Abstract

Abstact: The paper investigates the evolutions of cow, buffalo cow, sheep and goat herds and  their yields and productions in Romania, in the post-accession period (2007-2011), as well as the present and future trends of these evolutions, while having in view the new Common Agricultural Policy (2014 - 2020), which will have as main component the removal of milk quotas after 2014. In this context, each link in the chain was investigated with regard to milk production, at the level of raw milk collection for processing by the two sources (from the domestic production and from imports), in close connection with its quality and price evolution. At the same time, for the same period, the production of processed dairy products, Romania’s dairy imports and exports, and the milk and dairy products consumption were analyzed.