Speaking following the publication of the FoodDrinkEurope position paper on an EU industrial policy for food, the organisation’s president, Jesús Serafín Pérez, said: “As the largest manufacturing sector in the European economy, generating €956bn in EU GDP, employing 4.1 million people directly and contributing €93bn of the value added, Europe’s food industry is central to the elaboration of any Industrial Policy developed by the EU.”
FoodDrinkEurope’s members have identified a number of challenges which must be met in order to maximise the economic performance of the sector.
These include:
Source: FoodDrinkEurope
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