This article looks at the food sector that starts with the agricultural industry and ends, ultimately, with household consumption and exports. In between, there are a large number of processors, wholesalers (including importers and exporters), retailers and catering enterprises. Changes such as quality of products, production costs, imports and selling prices, can have a significant impact on activity at every level from farmers through to consumers.
The estimates in this article are consistent with those published in the 2006 Blue Book, 2006 Pink Book and 2006 Input-Output Analyses publications.
Published in web format: 18 August 2006 at 9:30 am
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