Market Delineation of Finnish Food Market

Research PaperCompared to other EU-countries, the consumption of fish is relatively high in Finland at 15 kg per capita. On the contrary, the consumption of meat is low. The total consumption of meat is 66 kg per capita, of which 20 per cent is poultry. During the last decade there have been several structural changes in the food industry, which have affected consumption. The food trade has been opened to international competition, as well as national taxation, and subsidy systems have been reformed. In this preliminary study we describe the current trends in food consumption and the development of food prices. The main focus of future work will be to analyse food market integration and the demand for food products