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A Case Study
Processed food & drinks (soft drinks, marmalades, meat products, cheeses),
pharmaceuticals, feed, textiles, paper & pulp, detergents, shampoos, sparkling
tablets, surface coatings, cement, packaging, .
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Geographical Distribution
The European
Fermentation Industry:
Is the driver of the
capital intensive
Knowledge-Based
Bio-Economy
(KBBE).
Has unique
investments of
approximately 300
million euros in R&D
(around 10% of total
turnover of the EU
Fermentation
Industry per year).
Employs around
10,000 direct jobs.
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Declining Production
of Fermentation Products in Europe
450
400
350
300
'000 tonnes
250
200
150
100
50
0
2005 2006 2007 2008
Citric Lysine Lactic Citric Salts Glutamic Vitamin C
200
150
100
50
0
-50
-100
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Citric Glutamic Lactic Lysine Citric Salts Vitamin C
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What are the reasons for the delocalisation?
Lack of competitive carbohydrate supply in Europe
Existing mechanisms (industrial sugar/starch production refund) not working:
EU industrial sugar prices too high because there is no competition (only one
supermarket principle)
Starch production refund is zero due to extremely low ceiling
No link to world market to balance the price and the demand & supply (no duty-
free imports, no production refund for sugar)
Other aggravating elements:
Lack of competitive feedstock alternatives
No raw sugar availability in EU
No VHP or VVHP sugar types available in EU
Unfair competition with a subsidised biofuel program
Tax break or obligatory addition
Molasses are getting short in supply and are subject to very high prices
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Jan-99 Jan-00 Jan-01 Jan-02 Jan-03 Jan-04 Jan-05 Jan-06 Jan-07 Jan-08
World Price EU User Cost
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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