Prospects for agricultural markets and income 2004-2011 and the impact of enlargement

This publication provides a picture of the likely developments of agricultural markets up to 2011, based on a certain number of assumptions and information available end of October 2004. This report contains three chapters. The first chapter centres on the market and income prospects by the year 2011 within the EU and covers the following products: cereals, oilseeds, meat, milk and the main dairy products. Chapter II is dedicated to the impact of the 2004 EU enlargement and compares the medium-term perspectives for individual new Member States against a hypothetical counterfactual scenario without enlargement. Finally, a presentation of the medium and long-term prospects of agricultural world markets, based on reports and projections established by various international organisations and institutes, is given in Chapter III.