Competitiveness of milk processing industry in Serbia
Keywords:
competitiveness, productivity, costs, dairy plants, SerbiaAbstract
In paper was examined competitiveness of bigger and middle sized dairies. It is concluded that dairies in Serbia had improved competitiveness over last five years. Export value, as well as value of net trade of dairy products increased over period. Dairy plants labour productivity in Serbia is lower than average labour productivity of dairies in EU. The biggest dairy plants perform higher levels of productivity than middle sized dairy plants. Efficiency of labour cost is on average higher in case of middle sized dairies, because of significantly lower average labour cost per employee.
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2. Jeffrey S., Grant H. (2001), An economic analysis of productive efficiency in Alberta dairy production, Project report, Department of rural economy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, page 53.
3. Popović R., Knežević M., 2010, Dinamika troškova prerade mleka u Srbiji, Prehrambena industrija – Mleko i mlečni proizvodi, Vol. 21, broj 1-2, Savez hemičara i tehnologa, Beograd, page 9-15.
4. Smith A. (1776), Istraživanje prirode i uzroka bogatstva naroda, Global book, 1998, Novi Sad, page 378.
5. Wijnands J., Meulen B., Poppe K., (2007), Competitiveness of European food industry – An economic and legal assessment, EC, LEI, The Hague, page 283.
6. Zawalinska K. (2005), Changes in competitiveness of farm sector in candidate countries prior to the EU accession: the case of Poland, 11th Congress of EAAE, Denmark, page 2.
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Published
2010-12-03
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Popović, R., & Knežević, M. (2010). Competitiveness of milk processing industry in Serbia. Economics of Agriculture, 57(Spec.num.2), 256–263. Retrieved from https://ea.bg.ac.rs/index.php/EA/article/view/999
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