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The voice of the European food and drink industry
FOOD INDUSTRY COMPETITIVENESSR & D - THE DRIVER
Beate Kettlitz
CIAA
Director Food Policy, Science and R&D
The voice of the European food and drink industry
The F&D Industry in Europe
• First EU manufacturing industry 14% of total EU manufacturing turnover 13% of manufacturing jobs
• More than € 840 billion of sales• 3.8 million employees• Purchases and transforms 70% of agricultural raw material • A fragmented sector: 99% of food companies have less than
250 employees, they contribute 50% of the overall turnover
The voice of the European food and drink industry
The voice of the European food and drink industry
Labour Productivity in Euro, 2004 (Value Added/Employee)
United States 86.959
Japan 82.548
Canada 62.471
Australia 58.096
EU25 49.323
Brazil 18.823
China 9.493
Source: US Census Bureau, Chinese Yearbooks, National Bureau of Statistics of China, Statistics Bureau japan, Statistics Canada, Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Eurostat. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
The voice of the European food and drink industry
Evolution of labour productivity (value added/employee) growth in various food and drink industries (2000=100)
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90
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Australia Canada EU25 Japan United States Brazil China
The voice of the European food and drink industry
Research and Innovation in the F&D Industry
Business Expenditure on R&D as a percentage of total output (2004)
0,0%
0,2%
0,4%
0,6%
0,8%
1,0%
1,2%
1,4%
Japan Norway Australia Korea UnitedStates
EuropeanUnion (as
in 2006report)
EuropeanUnion(EU15)
The voice of the European food and drink industry
World-wide trends
R &D and Innovation
R&D in the EU: 0.24%; in the US 0.35%; in Australia 0.4%; in Japan 1.21%
The voice of the European food and drink industry
Medium-sized companies: a promising group for food & drink innovations
0%
20%
40%
60%
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100%
MICRO SMALL MEDIUM LARGE
Innovation activities of companies over a three year period
Mayor Innovations Product and Process Mayor Innovations Product
Mayor Innovations Process Mayor Innovations Other
Improvements (not major innvations) Non-Innovations
The voice of the European food and drink industry
Core R & D Challenges for the Food and Drink Industryto boost Competitiviness
Ensuring:
1. The production of safe foods that consumers can trust
2. An efficiennt Managing of the Food Chain
Facilitating:
1. That consumers make the healthy choice the easy choice
2. The delivery a (more) healthy diet
Commitment to:
1. The developement of value-added innovative food products fulfilling consumer requirements for superior product quality, convenience, availability and affordability
2. Achieving a sustainable food production
3. Training & Technology Transfer to smaler and medium sized enterprises
The voice of the European food and drink industry
Regulatory constraints
• Insufficient linkage between research efforts and regulatory responses where necessary
• Unjustifiable lengthy and complicated approval procedures; therefore especially preventing innovation in SME sector– excessively long time span for a return on investment act as
disincentives to R&D investment and to innovation
The voice of the European food and drink industry
R&D and innovation: Novel Foods
The voice of the European food and drink industry
ConclusionsHow to increase R&D /
Innovation ?EU• Recognition of the contributions of the ETP « Food for
Life » to the Strategic Research Agenda• Access to EU funds in particular for SMEs• Reduce administrative burden
– administrative / regulatory help
Member States• Alignment of national R&D programmes
The voice of the European food and drink industry
Where to find more information about CIAA
CIAA Public Websitehttp://www.ciaa.be
Access to news and positions
Access to ETP Food 4 Life
The voice of the European food and drink industry
THANK YOU
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