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Avenue des Nerviens, 9-31 - 1040 Brussels - BELGIUM - Tel. +32 2 514 11 11 [email protected] - www.fooddrinkeurope.eu Copyright FoodDrinkEurope aisbl; photocopying or electronic copying is illegal. January 2016 ECONOMIC BULLETIN Q3 2015 Increase in production and sales, stable employment and a solid trade surplus Food and drink industry Increase in production and sales In Q3 2015, EU food and drink industry production increased by 1.3% and hence reversed the downward trend of the previous two quarters. EU food and drink industry turnover increased by 0.7% in Q3 2015, in contrast to the negative trend of the previous quarter. The year-on-year comparison shows that overall manufacturing turnover performed better than food and drink industry turnover (0.8% vs. 0.2% compared to Q3 2014). The same trend applies to production. Food manufacturing prices remained stable for two consecutive quarters, while a decrease of 1.7% was observed compared to Q3 2014. Click here for more information Employment: stable in Q3 Employment in the EU food and drink industry increased by 0.2% in Q3 2015. Employment in the food and drink industry remained on a positive growth trend and, on the long term, continues to outperform the average employment level growth in the manufacturing industry (Q3 2015/Q3 2010: +2.2% (food and drink industry) vs +0.8% (manufacturing)). Click here for more information External trade: EU trade surplus grew thanks to strong sub-sector export performance The trade surplus reached 6.6 billion in Q3 2015 (Q3 2015/Q3 2014: +5%). Extra-EU exports of food and drink products totalled 25 billion in 2015 (Q3 2015/Q3 2014: +8.3%). The top 5 best performing export products generated €12.4 billion (spirits, meat, wine, dairy, chocolate and confectionery). Extra-EU imports of food and drink products reached €18.4 billion (Q3 2015/Q3 2014: +9.5%). Click here for more information Agricultural commodities Prices: FAO food price index continued to decline Key factors behind this downward trend include: abundant global supplies, a strong dollar, lower energy prices and concerns over China’s economic slowdown. In Q3 2015, EU and world markets prices for most agricultural commodities continued to fall. Q3 2015 prices for corn and soft wheat registered a noticeable increase compared to the same quarter of 2014. Click here for more information Retail Retail sales: mixed performance Retail trade in foodstuffs increased in both July and August, and remained unchanged in September 2015. Year-on-year, retail trade in foodstuffs increased by 2.3% vs. 3.7% for total retail trade compared to September 2014. Consumer prices were slightly lower -0.9% compared to Q2 2015 (+0.2% compared to Q3 2014). Click here for more information

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Avenue des Nerviens, 9-31 - 1040 Brussels - BELGIUM - Tel. +32 2 514 11 11

[email protected] - www.fooddrinkeurope.eu

Copyright FoodDrinkEurope aisbl; photocopying or electronic copying is illegal.

January 2016

ECONOMIC BULLETIN Q3 2015

Increase in production and sales, stable employment

and a solid trade surplus

Food and drink industry

Increase in production and sales

In Q3 2015, EU food and drink industry production

increased by 1.3% and hence reversed the

downward trend of the previous two quarters.

EU food and drink industry turnover increased by

0.7% in Q3 2015, in contrast to the negative trend of

the previous quarter.

The year-on-year comparison shows that overall

manufacturing turnover performed better than food

and drink industry turnover (0.8% vs. 0.2%

compared to Q3 2014). The same trend applies to

production.

Food manufacturing prices remained stable for two

consecutive quarters, while a decrease of 1.7% was

observed compared to Q3 2014.

Click here for more information

Employment: stable in Q3

Employment in the EU food and drink industry

increased by 0.2% in Q3 2015.

Employment in the food and drink industry remained

on a positive growth trend and, on the long term,

continues to outperform the average employment

level growth in the manufacturing industry (Q3

2015/Q3 2010: +2.2% (food and drink industry) vs

+0.8% (manufacturing)).

Click here for more information

External trade: EU trade surplus grew thanks to

strong sub-sector export performance

The trade surplus reached €6.6 billion in Q3 2015

(Q3 2015/Q3 2014: +5%).

Extra-EU exports of food and drink products totalled

€25 billion in 2015 (Q3 2015/Q3 2014: +8.3%).

The top 5 best performing export products

generated €12.4 billion (spirits, meat, wine, dairy,

chocolate and confectionery).

Extra-EU imports of food and drink products

reached €18.4 billion (Q3 2015/Q3 2014: +9.5%).

Click here for more information

Agricultural commodities

Prices: FAO food price index continued to decline

Key factors behind this downward trend include:

abundant global supplies, a strong dollar, lower

energy prices and concerns over China’s economic

slowdown.

In Q3 2015, EU and world markets prices for most

agricultural commodities continued to fall.

Q3 2015 prices for corn and soft wheat registered a

noticeable increase compared to the same quarter

of 2014.

Click here for more information

Retail

Retail sales: mixed performance

Retail trade in foodstuffs increased in both July and

August, and remained unchanged in September

2015.

Year-on-year, retail trade in foodstuffs increased by

2.3% vs. 3.7% for total retail trade compared to

September 2014.

Consumer prices were slightly lower -0.9%

compared to Q2 2015 (+0.2% compared to Q3

2014).

Click here for more information

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Methodology

Except for imports and exports data which represent evolution of the current quarter compared to the same

quarter of the previous year, all other evolutions are represented with respect to the previous quarter (or month)

of the same year.

EU refers to EU28 in the text, unless otherwise specified.

The EU food and drink industry is identified by NACE-rev2 codes C10 (food) and C11 (drinks).

Sources

Eurostat data and indices (production, turnover, retail trade, employment)

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/home

Eurostat statistics explained

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Main_Page

Eurostat Easy Comext Trade Data (based on division 10 & 11 of the NACE Rev.2 classification)

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/newxtweb/mainxtnet.do

FAO Food Price Index

http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/

European Commission, DG AGRI, Commodity price dashboard

http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/markets-and-prices/price-monitoring/index_en.htm

Eurostat News Release 196/2015, ‘Volume of retail trade down by 0.1% in euro area - Up by 0.3% in EU28’,

5 November 2015 http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-press-releases/-/4-05112015-AP

About the quarterly economic bulletin

FoodDrinkEurope’s Economic Bulletin is published on a quarterly basis. It covers a set of key indicators which

highlight the major economic trends in the European food and drink industry: production, turnover, employment,

external trade, key raw material prices trade and retail trade.

For more information on FoodDrinkEurope and its activities, please visit: www.fooddrinkeurope.eu

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ECONOMIC BULLETIN Q3 2015

Annex

Production and turnover of the EU food and drink industry Production index

2014Q3 2014Q4 2015Q1 2015Q2 2015Q3 y-o-y

Total manufacturing 103.73 104.40 105.42 105.75 105.87

% change -0.1 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.1 2.1

Food and drink industry 103.20 103.90 103.61 103.30 104.62

% change -0.4 0.7 -0.3 -0.3 1.3 1.4

Source: Eurostat

The industrial production index (also called industrial output index or industrial volume index) measures the changes in the price adjusted-output of industry. Turnover index

2014Q3 2014Q4 2015Q1 2015Q2 2015Q3 y-o-y

Total manufacturing 109.07 109.26 109.80 110.91 109.98

% change 0.2 0.2 0.5 1.0 -0.8 0.8

Food and drink industry 112.65 111.96 112.88 112.00 112.83

% change -1.5 -0.6 0.8 -0.8 0.7 0.2

Source: Eurostat

The index of industrial turnover measures the development of turnover (sales) in the European industry (it is influenced by changes in prices of the traded industrial goods and by changes of the traded volumes of goods).

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Annex to Economic Bulletin Q3 2015 – Page 2 of 12

EU quarterly manufacturing production and turnover, 2010 - 2015 (2010=100)

Source: Eurostat

Food and drink production by Member State

Member State 2015 Q2 / 2015 Q1 (% change)

2015 Q3 / 2015 Q2 (% change)

2015 Q3/ 2014 Q3 (% change)

EU -0.3 1.3 1.4

Austria 3.1 2.8 3.3

Belgium 0.9 0.4 2.9

Bulgaria -2.7 -2.2 -1.0

Czech Republic -1.1 3.0 7.3

Denmark -3.1 1.9 1.1

Estonia 0.3 1.9 -2.2

Finland -1.1 2.4 -0.5

France 0.4 0.9 1.0

Germany -1.5 0.2 -1.1

Greece -1.7 -0.2 0.7

Hungary -1.5 1.6 5.1

Ireland 3.8 4.4 16.3

Italy -0.1 -0.3 0.2

Latvia -1.4 2.0 -2.5

Lithuania -0.7 1.1 4.5

Netherlands 1.9 0.2 1.6

Poland -3.0 3.3 4.4

Portugal 10.3 17.0 0.2

Romania -1.4 5.4 7.9

Spain 0.0 1.1 1.7

Sweden 1.4 -0.3 -5.2

Source: Eurostat. No data available for Croatia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia, United Kingdom

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Total manufacturing turnover Food and drink industry turnover

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Annex to Economic Bulletin Q3 2015 – Page 3 of 12

Food and drink turnover by Member State

Member State 2015 Q2 / 2015 Q1 (% change)

2015 Q3 / 2015 Q2 (% change)

2015 Q3/ 2014 Q3 (% change)

EU -0.8 0.7 0.2

Austria 1.1 1.0 4.1

Belgium 2.5 na na

Bulgaria -1.2 -3.7 0.2

Czech Republic -2.4 1.4 0.7

Denmark -4.0 3.3 -1.2

Estonia -2.3 1.5 -6.5

Finland -2.5 na na

France -0.2 1.2 1.4

Germany -1.4 0.7 -2.5

Greece -1.4 0.7 1.5

Hungary -1.3 -0.1 4.5

Ireland 2.7 -1.0 5.1

Italy -1.3 0.3 1.3

Latvia -2.3 -1.5 -4.3

Lithuania -0.2 1.2 0.1

Netherlands -0.2 -1.1 1.5

Poland -2.7 3.5 1.5

Portugal -0.4 1.6 2.1

Romania -2.8 6.9 7.7

Spain -0.3 -0.9 0.9

Sweden 1.6 -0.1 -3.1

Source: Eurostat. No data available for Croatia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia, United Kingdom

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Annex to Economic Bulletin Q3 2015 – Page 4 of 12

Employment in the EU food and drink industry Employment index

Employment (% change) 2014Q3 2014Q4 2015Q1 2015Q2 2015Q3 y-o-y

Total manufacturing 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.9

Food and drink industry 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.8

Source: Eurostat

The labour input measures the number of persons employed in the total manufacturing industry vs. the food and drink industry in the EU, seasonally adjusted. Employment in the EU food and drink industry compared to total manufacturing, 2010-2015 (2010=100)

Source: Eurostat

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Annex to Economic Bulletin Q3 2015 – Page 5 of 12

Food and drink industry employment by Member State

Source: Eurostat. No data available for Cyprus, Greece (discontinued), Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia, United Kingdom

Member State 2015 Q2 / 2015 Q1 (% change)

2015 Q3 / 2015 Q2 (% change)

2015 Q3/ 2014 Q3 (% change)

EU 0.1 0.2 0.8

Austria 0.2 0.2 1.3

Belgium 0.3 na na

Bulgaria -1.4 -0.1 -0.6

Croatia 0.1 -0.3 -1.5

Czech Republic -0.4 -0.8 -0.1

Denmark -0.9 0.0 -0.8

Estonia 0.8 1.7 4.1

Finland -1.4 1.1 9.3

France 0.0 -0.4 -0.3

Germany 0.6 na na

Ireland -0.7 1.8 5.0

Latvia -2.3 -5.0 -9.6

Lithuania 0.0 0.2 2.3

Netherlands 0.5 na na

Poland 0.0 0.2 0.3

Portugal 0.6 0.8 1.7

Romania -0.9 0.5 2.1

Spain -0.1 -1.6 -5.1

Sweden 0.5 -1.7 -0.9

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Annex to Economic Bulletin Q3 2015 – Page 6 of 12

External trade EU food and drink trade (€ billion)

2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2015 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q3 / 2014 Q3

% change

Exports 23.1 25 22.8 24.4 25 8

Imports 16.8 18 17.3 18.5 18.4 10

Balance 6.3 7 5.5 5.9 6.6 5

Source: Eurostat

Trend in EU food and drink export, 2010 - 2015 (€ billion)

Source: Eurostat

Export performance by sub-sector in Q3 2015

Source: Eurostat

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Meat products

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Annex to Economic Bulletin Q3 2015 – Page 7 of 12

Trade by sub-sector in value and volume in Q3 2015

Sources: Eurostat Easy Comext, own calculations

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Annex to Economic Bulletin Q3 2015 – Page 8 of 12

Prices of agricultural commodities FAO Food Price Index

Source: FAO Food Price Index

Main agricultural commodity prices

Agricultural commodity

EU WORLD

Q3 2015 average

Q3 2015/ Q2 2015

Q3 2015/ Q3 2014

Q3 2015 average

Q3 2015/ Q2 2015

Q3 2015/ Q3 2014

EUR/T % change % change EUR/T % change % change

CEREALS

Corn 164 6.2 3.2 150 -3.4 16.7

Soft Wheat 166 -11.4 0.4 177 1.3 8.5

DAIRY

SMP 1,749 -7.5 -22.7 1,651 -10.7 -24.9

WMP 2,251 -10.9 -13.0 1,996 -3.1 -13.3

SUGAR

White Sugar 324 -0.6 -0.6

USD/T % %

OILS AND OIL CROPS

Soybean oil 733 -5.5 -13.5

Soybean 375 -5.5 -14.5

Soybean meal 387 -2.5 -19.2

Rapeseed 417 -3.6 0.0

Palm oil 557 -18.4 -15.0

COFFEE & COCOA

Cocoa 3,210 -0.3 0.4

Coffee 2,592 -4.2 -29.1

Sources: World prices: FAO (cereals), CIAL (dairy), USDA (sugar); EU prices: DG AGRI; own calculations

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Annex to Economic Bulletin Q3 2015 – Page 9 of 12

Retail trade Volume of retail trade (% change)

May-15 Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 y-o-y

Total retail trade 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.3 3.7

Food, drinks and tobacco 0.4 -0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 2.3

Source: Eurostat

The index of volume of retail trade measures the monthly changes of the deflated turnover of retail trade. EU monthly retail trade volume by product group, 2010 - 2015 (2010=100)

Sources: Eurostat; Eurostat News Release 196/2015

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Annex to Economic Bulletin Q3 2015 – Page 10 of 12

Price developments along the EU food chain Price developments (% change)

2014Q3 2014Q4 2015Q1 2015Q2 2015Q3 y-o-y

Agricultural prices -4.5 -9.6 -0.2 -0.7 -3.0 -13.2

Food manufacturing prices -0.6 -1.5 -0.2 0.1 0.0 -1.7

Food consumer prices -0.9 0.1 0.6 0.3 -0.9 0.2

Inflation -0.3 0.1 -0.8 1.1 -0.4 0.0

Source: Eurostat

Sources: FoodDrinkEurope calculations on DG AGRI and Eurostat data

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