REPUBLIC OF SERBIA Negotiating Group 11 - Agriculture and Rural Development. Bilateral Screening SHEEP AND GOAT MEAT

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1 REPUBLIC OF SERBIA Negotiating Group 11 - Agriculture and Rural Development Bilateral Screening SHEEP AND GOAT MEAT Brussels May 2014

2 CONTENT OF THE PRESENTATION Legal background Overview of the sector Markets Slaugterhouses Collection of information Import/Export Support measures Comparison of market organisations for sheep and goat meat in Serbia and EU

3 LEGAL BACKGROUND Law on Agriculture and Rural Development (OG RS No 41/09); Law on Subsidies in Agriculture and Rural Development (OG RS No 10/13); Law on Veterinary Medicine (OG RS No 91/05, 30/10); Law on Animal Husbandry (OG of RS No 41/09, 93/12); Law on Food Safety (OG RS No 41/09); * Rulebooks based on these laws

4 BASIC INFORMATION Number of sheep and goats increased in period Number of heads in 2013: Sheep: Goat: Breeding ewes: Total meat production: tons Consumption per head:4,75 kg Self sufficiency in meat production

5 BASIC INFORMATION Sheep are mainly kept for meat Goats are mainly for milk Import of live animals, mainly for breeding (60 head of sheep and 900 goats in 2013) Since 2009 constant growth in export of live sheep ( heads in 2013) Mainly dual sheep breeds (Cigaja, Pramenka), but they are used mainly for meat and wool, less for milk There are farms specialized for milk production

6 BASIC INFORMATION Table:number of animals and meat production ( ) Source:SORS

7 FARM STRUCTURE Small farms Average 11 sheep per farm, and 3,7 goats per farm Graf: Households distribution, according to numbers of heads Source:SORS

8 FARM STRUCTURE Around farms are engaged in sheep production farms are engaged in goat production Graf:Distribution of hausholds with sheep and goats, according to size Source:SORS Sheep are mainly kept in western and central part of the country

9 MARKETING Live markets; Price based on live weight Source:SORS Purchase: directly from farmers or at the live markets that are controlled by official veterinarians

10 MARKETING Majority of sheep have been slaughtered on households (95% of total slaughter) Slaughter increases during specific time of year (related to some religious holidays) There are no system of public interventions or private aid

11 SLAUGHTERHOUSES There are no slaughterhouses with export licence for EU Slaughter is under control of official veterinarians There is no carcass classification system 398 slaughterhouses can slaughter sheep and goats Average 3 to 5 % of total slaughtered animals are slaughtered in slaughterhouses

12 INFORMATION COLLECTION In 2012, agricultural census was conducted after 50 years Slaughter data from slaughterhouses is available on monthly level Total number of slaughtered animals is estimated at the end of each year Production forecast is not carried out Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia: publishe data on monthly level (prices of live animals and price of meat in retail shops) STIPS (Market Information System, organised by Ministry of Agriculture) publish market prices for lambs and other categorie of sheep at live markets in the Republic of Serbia on weekly level

13 EXPORT/IMPORT EU-no export or import licence for meat There are no quota for meat export Almost all trade is among CEFTA countries Export of live animals mainly to Bosnia and Herzegovina WTO- the Republic of Serbia is in process of negotiations.

14 IMPORT/EXPORT All export of meat to Montenegro Imports of meat from New Zealand and FYR of Macedonia Trade of sheep and goat meat in period in tones Source:SORS

15 SUPPORT MEASURES Milk premium, per liter of milk. For every liter purchased by dairies 0,5 euro cent per liter RSD (65 ) per breeding animal per year. No limits in animal number. Only for females RSD (18 ) for every head that is slaughtered in slaughterhouses. Minimum 10 heads, average weight no more then 50 kg

16 COMPARISON OF MARKET ORGANISATIONS EUROPEAN UNION Identification and registration Public intervention Private storage Marketing standards (sales descriptions) and labeling Import/export licenses tariff quotas Export refunds Exceptional market support measures Price monitoring SERBIA YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NOT LIKE IN EU

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