TRILLION EURO FOOD SECTOR PROVIDES CAUSE AND CURE
July 11, 2007
Food and drink is the largest industrial sector in Europe. Earlier this year, the Confederation of Food and Drink Industries of the European Union (CIAA) published the following key figures about the scale of the industry:
3.8m EU citizens work in food and drink
Generated sales are worth close to a Trillion euros
Food industry uses 70% of EU agricultural raw materials
Sector comprises 99% SME, defined as fewer than 250 staff
