EUROSTAT FIGURES
September 1st, 2002
Keith NuthallTHE EUROPEAN Union's drinks industry is one of the continent's key earners according to a report from EU statistical agency Eurostat, which says its productivity is much higher than that of the food processing sector.The top performing country in the latest pan-EU figures available (1999) in the drinks industry was France, at Euro 103,700 generated in terms of value added by the sector per person in employment. Meanwhile, for the meat industry the best performer it was Denmark, at Euro 46,100 generated per person; for dairy industry, it was Germany ...
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