Global Trends in the Dairy Industry : Outlook for the Baltics Book

	Foreword	3
	Executive Summary	7
	Opening Statements	9
	Mr. Alfonsas Tamosiunas, State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania	11
	Ms. Taina Kiekko, Ambassador, Embassy of Finland to Lithuania	14
	Mr. Ken Ash, Deputy Director, Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, OECD	16
Session 1.	The Production and Processing Sector in the Baltic Region	17
	The structure of milk processing and marketing in Estonia	19
	The structure of milk processing and marketing in Lithuania	30
	Discussant: Implications for producers, processors, consumers and policy makers	44
	The emerging farm structure of milk production and trends in production in Estonia: the impact of farm structures on the quality and producer price of milk	48
	Situation and trends in the Latvian milk production sector	59
	The emerging farm structure of milk production and trends in production in Lithuania	66
	Discussant: Implications for producers, processors, consumers and government policy	70
Session 2.	Market and Structural Changes in the Dairy Sector	73
	Recent trends in dairy product development and markets	75
	Medium term market prospects for the main dairy products	86
	Discussant: Market and structural change in the dairy sector	102
	Emerging structure in the dairy processing sector	104
	Structural developments in the dairy processing sector	113
	Discussant: Implications for the dairy sector in the Baltic countries	118
Session 3.	Prospects for the Baltic Dairy Industry and Market Infrastructure	121
	The role of supply side factors including direct investment	123
	The dairy sector in the CEC countries: the state of restructuring and future challenges	128
	Overview of the EU dairy sector policy	139
	The EU dairy policy and stage of adoption in the Baltic countries	149
	Discussant: Challenges and opportunities to developing a competitive milk processing sector	154
Session 4.	Overall Conclusions and Implications	157
	Workshop summary, conclusions and implications	159
	Annex	169
	Agenda	171
	List of Participants	175