Investments & Trade relations
Investments
Among the top 15 of Dutch investors in Romania, the following belong (or are related) to the agri-food sector:
| Rank |
Investor |
Field |
Capital Invested |
| 1 |
Marga BV - Rotterdam (Unilever South Central Europe Srl and Unilever Romania SA) |
Consumer goods |
USD 80,000,000 |
| 6 |
Van der Ploeg International BV Leeuwarden |
Agriculture |
USD 3,195,295 |
| 9 |
Darimex Araco BVHoofddorf |
Meat processing, wholesale trade |
USD 1,034,439 |
| 15 |
MilkPactNunspeet |
Milk production & Chocolate products |
USD 216,652 |
Source: National Trade Registry, March 2001
Other Dutch companies have invested in the field of meat processing (like Dumeco), dairy (Nutricia), margarine (Remia, Bruni, Brinkers). More info is available in the Senter publication study ' Romanian Agriculture in Transition. Prospects for Co-operation of Dutch and Romanian Agribusiness '.
Trade relations
Statistics of agri-food imports from the Netherlands into Romania in 1999 and 2000
|
25 |
1999 |
|
|
2000 |
|
|
Category |
Weight (t) |
Value¹ |
|
Weight (t) |
Value¹ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
Meat & edible offal |
5588.9 |
6879.3 |
|
12926.9 |
13025.5 |
| 2 |
Oils and fats |
3614.0 |
3431.5 |
|
4853.0 |
3688.1 |
| 3 |
Vegetables |
1929.8 |
883.0 |
|
16213.2 |
3162.3 |
| 4 |
Miscellaneous edible products |
1408.9 |
2059.7 |
|
2476.4 |
3156.4 |
| 5 |
Food wastes, animal feed |
4982.2 |
2883.1 |
|
5561.9 |
2911.3 |
| 6 |
Plants and flowers |
2230.0 |
1734.2 |
|
2992.9 |
2138.9 |
| 7 |
Fish |
4853.9 |
6141.2 |
|
4992.4 |
1802.1 |
| 8 |
Dairy; eggs |
588.9 |
1603.3 |
|
1603.3 |
1677.0 |
| 9 |
Cocoa and cocoa products |
1109.9 |
1318.1 |
|
1246.3 |
1482.8 |
| 10 |
Tobacco |
29.8 |
676.6 |
|
60.5 |
1388.5 |
| 11 |
Oilseeds |
269.3 |
1148.7 |
|
279.4 |
1263.5 |
| 12 |
Vegetable & fruit processed products |
1203.7 |
1556.4 |
|
1223.8 |
934.5 |
| 13 |
Live animals |
15.5 |
549.3 |
|
88.3 |
770.3 |
| 14 |
Fruits |
3618.6 |
787.9 |
|
3385.8 |
722.3 |
| 15 |
Coffee, tea, mate, spices |
57.5 |
324.2 |
|
98.4 |
511.4 |
| 16 |
Products of the milling industry |
1348.2 |
364.8 |
|
1569.5 |
439.4 |
| 17 |
Sugar and confectionery |
386.3 |
423.4 |
|
289.8 |
436.9 |
| 18 |
Beverages, alcoholic drinks, vinegar |
337.1 |
340.0 |
|
330.9 |
382.8 |
| 19 |
Meat products |
595.6 |
279.9 |
|
982.4 |
366.6 |
| 20 |
Cereal products & pastry |
342.1 |
551.0 |
|
256.4 |
231.7 |
| 21 |
Gums, resins, other vegetal extracts |
23.8 |
143.2 |
|
39.2 |
213.7 |
| 22 |
Cereals |
179.6 |
79.3 |
|
136.2 |
61.3 |
| 23 |
Other animal products |
6.4 |
53.3 |
|
26.3 |
30.7 |
| 24 |
Plaiting materials |
15.2 |
13.1 |
|
32.7 |
24.0 |
¹ 1000s USD |
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