OVERVIEW ON FACTORS WEAKENING THE RELATIVE COMPETITIVENESS OF FOOD VALUE CHAIN IN ROMANIA vs. EU

Abstract

The present paper aims to provide a basis for policy decision by undertaking investigations on certain factors recently affecting Romania’s food value chain competitiveness. The research highlights structural imbalances caused by the larger share of the primary production against the sector of capitalization on agricultural products, changes concerning the value added in the food chain in Romania, comparing to EU-28, shown by i.e. the decrease of the value added in Romania’s food chain, caused by agriculture and food industry down trend - the outcome provides indications residing in value of production structure of the agri-food processing industry, where the value added achieved in food and beverages industry has been severely exceeded by the up trending production costs.