APPROACHES ON THE GLOBAL MILK VALUE CHAIN. A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE ROMANIAN MILK MARKET

The global food value chain encompasses a component of particular importance: the milk market. What makes this component unique is that fact that milk represents an essential part in almost any diet, a key factor for the production of dairy products. The main objective undertook in this research paper was to quantify the pressure put on the global milk chain by Romania. The results highlight that the milk imported quantities represent, on average, 3.5% of the Romanian production of milk in the 2010-2019 period. Romania is a small player in terms of the pressure put on the global milk value chain, from the perspective of milk demand. The loss caused on the Romanian milk chain by the trade deficit can be ameliorated by increasing the national production capacities.