Date: June, 2003
Abstract: The enlargement of the European Union is rapidly approaching. If national parliaments confirm membership, the European Union will be enlarged by 10 countries (8 Central and Eastern European countries, plus Malta and Cyprus) in 2004. This new 25-country European Union will swell population by 19% and GNP by 4%. From the perspective of the meat industry, the new entrants are countries that have traditionally strong pork and further processed meat industries. In many of them, the poultry industry i...
Research Type: Industry Note