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Friday, 29.03.2024, 16:18
Estonia is self-sufficient with milk, but has a shortage of vegetables
Estonia produced in 2014 83% of the potatoes and 90% of the meat consumed by people.
By category, the meat supply level differed – being 63% for the poultry and 121% for beef. This means that a part of the consumed poultry meat was imported from other countries, because the consumption is higher than domestic production while a part of the beef we exported to other countries, because the Estonian consumption is lower than production.
For pork, mutton and goat meat, the consumption of the Estonian population was as large as the production or self-supply level was 100%.
For eggs the level was 64%, drinking milk (including buttermilk) 106%, for butter 161%, cheese and curd 143%.
For grain in the harvest year 2013/2014, Estonia's self-sufficiency level was 150%, including 192% for wheat, 92% for rye, 149% for barley and 162% for oats.
Thus, Estonia produced both milk and grain more than the residents consume, and there is enough to export.
Among other products, the self-sufficiency is lower for fresh vegetables (60%) and fruits and berries (12%).
Although climate puts its limitations, the reason is also in low import prices, which make it very difficult for Estonian producers to compete in the market.