This document summarizes statistics from FEFAC's Statistical Yearbook 2014 on the European feed industry. It reports that Europe produced 220 million tonnes of compound feed in 2014, with 155.8 million tonnes produced in the EU-28. The value of the compound feed industry in the EU-28 fell slightly to €52 billion in 2014. The number of feed production units in the EU declined to 3831 in 2014, concentrated in fewer, larger production facilities.

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his month FEFAC, the European Feed Manufacturers
Federation, released its latest Statistical Yearbook
2014 – Feed & Food.
Compiled by Arnaud Bouxin, the Federation put
the total output of compound feed for Europe at 220 million
tonnes of which almost three-quarters - 155.8 million tonnes –
is produced within the EU-28 and little over one quarter - 61.2
million tonnes - by non-EU countries in Europe; the major feed
producers being Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Norway, Switzerland
and Serbia.
FEFAC, puts the value of livestock production in the EU-28 at
€171.5 billion accounting for 41 percent of the total agricultural
output of €418.5 billion in 2014. It shows the compound feed
industry in EU-28 has fallen back from its high of almost €55
billion in 2013 to €52 billion in 2014.
It uses Eurostat statistics to show that the value of animal
feed in animal production ranges from a low of 35.8 percent
in the UK to 93 percent in Luxembourg with the average at
approximately 54 percent.
The number of production units producing the EU’s compound
feed saw a slight decrease in 2014 to 3831, down from 3876 in
2013. Over a 10-year period numbers have steadily fallen from
4489, with Italy declining most rapidly in unit numbers from
700 to 490. Those gaining feed production units over the same
period include Austria from 77 to 88, Latvia from 19 to 38 and
Belgium from 77-87. All other EU countries show a steady
concentration of unit numbers.
Feed output
The big losers in production include Latvia at -17.8 percent,
Ireland at -11.2 percent and Romania at -10.4 percent. The
biggest gains were made Poland, Austria, Czech Republic,
Cyprus and Spain at 8.7, 5.1, 3.4, 3.3 and 3.3 percent
respectively.
Europe’s feed statistics updated
Of the 478 million tonnes of total feedstuffs consumed by EU livestock, one half (233 million tonnes are roughages
grown on farm. Of the other half , 51 million tonnes are cereals grown and used on farm. The rest is purchased
feedingstuffs, including 156 million tonnes of compound feed which makes up 80 percent of this sector and is
valued at €52 billion.
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EU-28
(incl. EL)
158.8
Russia
21.7
Ukraine
4.7
Serbia
0.9
Turkey
18.0
Other non-EU
10.6
Switzerland
1.6
Norway
3.7
Europe non-EU
61.2
Compound feed production in Europe
in 2014 (in mio. t)
Source: FEFAC - Alltech
The EU accounts for roughly two-thirds of Europe’s total compound
feed output at 155.8 million tonnes
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0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
LU
EL
SI
PT
BE
RO
HR
CZ
ES
DE
LV
BU
FR
EE
LT
EU-28
HU
PL
SE
DK
CY
IT
NL
AT
IE
MT
FI
SK
(in %)
VALUE OF FEEDINGSTUFFS IN ANIMAL PRODUCTION IN 2014
The UK at 35.8 percent is missing from the top of the table
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
COMPOUND FEED PRODUCTION IN EU-28 PRODUCTION
(Index of volume: 1995=100)
GDP at market prices Industrial production Food industry Compound feed industry
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24.000
29.000
34.000
39.000
44.000
49.000
54.000
59.000
1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013
TURNOVER OF THE EU COMPOUND FEED INDUSTRY
Mio. €
(EU-15 from 1994, EU-25 from 2004 - EU-27 from 2007 - Without Greece, Luxembourg and Malta)
While the index (1995=100) for compound feed output compares
favourably against volatile industrial output and GDP over the
past decade, compound feed industry turnover has also seen
dramatic changes in total turnover over the same period
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1.500
2.000
2.500
3.000
3.500
4.000
4.500
5.000
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EUproductionperunit,in1000t
Numberofunits
NUMBER AND AVERAGE SIZE OF
FEED PRODUCTION UNITS IN THE EU
(EU-15 until 2003, EU-25 from 2004, EU-27 from 2007, EU-28 from 2013)
The blue line shows the fall in production unit numbers from 2004
while the red line shows the continued increase in per unit output.
The big swing between 2003 and 2044 is when the EU grew from 15
states to 25 member states
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