Tendencje na europejskim rynku żywności ekologicznej

Abstract

The aim of the article is to analyze the size of sales, consumption of organic products and trends observed on the organic food market in individual European countries – especially in the EU. The basis for the analysis was IFOAM and FIBL data from the years 2000-2015, as well as foreign and domestic literature of the subject. The following final conclusions were drawn: a greater increase in the volume of sales of organic products over the determined fifteen years is observed in Europe than in the group of countries in the European Union. The highest sale of organic products in 2014 and 2015 was achieved by Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy and Switzerland. Over the years 2005-2014, the difference in expenditure on organic food per capita in the EU in comparison to the whole of Europe has grown every single year. Taking into account the growing share of organic products in the consumption structure of modern societies, extensive research on this subject should be conducted.