期刊名称：Annals of Dunărea de Jos University. Fascicle I : Economics and Applied Informatics
印刷版ISSN：1584-0409
出版年度：2018
期号：2
页码：1-8
出版社：Dunarea de Jos University of Galati
摘要：The national food market depends on imports, although Romania has important natural
resources favorable to agricultural production, which, properly exploited, could cover the
domestic demand and would allow farmers to obtain some significant export benefits.
Although the Romanian production of cereals has registered a significant increase over the
last period, excessive exports of raw materials, overlaid on processed food imports, have
led to a permanent increase in Romania's balance deficit during recent years. The paper
proposes considerations over the domestic food production from the perspective of foreign
trade with food, highlighting the main factors that have helped to cover the domestic
demand from imports. The main imbalances encountered at national level are those from
the fruit and vegetables, coffee and cocoa sectors, milk and dairy products, namely meat
and meat products. The problems of the Romanian agricultural sector (excessive
fragmentation of agricultural holdings, lack of qualified staff, reduced investments in the
purchase and modernization of equipmens, lack of a functional irrigation sector), correlated
with a decrease competitiveness of the local food industry, will further lead to the increase
in Romania's dependence on imports. Applying certain viable strategies to support the
agricultural sector, combined with measures to encourage the raw materials processing at
national level and to increase indigenous food consumption, can lead to a decrease in
imports and balancing the national trade balance on agri-food products. The perspectives of
the national food sector are not encouraging, given the lack of effective national measures
and the low reactivity of the domestic business environment.
