Prospects for agricultural markets 2001-2008

This report provides a picture of the likely developments of agricultural markets up to 2008, based on a certain number of assumptions and on the statistical information available in May 2001.

It contains three chapters. The first chapter centres on the market prospects by the year 2008 within the EU and covers the following products: cereals, oilseeds, meat, milk and the main dairy products. Chapter II provides a description of the likely prospects of agricultural markets in the ten Central and Eastern European Countries, which are candidates for accession to the EU. Finally, a presentation of the medium and long-term prospects of agricultural world markets, established by different international organisations and institutes, is given in Chapter III.