Romania produces more cereals than it needs, but at the same time it imports basic products, the food consumed every day. For pork, fish, potatoes, sugar, butter and rice, the degree of self-sufficiency is below 50%, according to a ZF analysis made on the basis of the data of the National Institute of Statistics, found in the yearbook «Consumption availability of the population in the year 2024», published recently. «A low degree of self-supply shows that we do not have the capacity to produce locally or the production costs are too high and then it is not profitable. If the production cost is higher than the price received, then we import from other countries cheaper. In vegetables, it is impossible to produce all year round, because the climate does not allow us. If you want to produce in the winter, you have high costs and it is much easier to bring from Turkey or Spain, because they have lower costs. It is natural», Tudorel Andrei, the president of the INS, explained to ZF doctor in economics specialized in statistics.
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