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Table 3. The average annual consumption per inhabitant, for the main alimentary
products, on countries, kg/inhabitant in 2002
Country Vege- Potato Fruit Meat Alcoholic Sugar Milk Cereals
ables
drinks
Romania 137,32 89,75 46,07 42,27 53,27 22,73 123,17 218,33
Poland 124,48 134,77 62,4 67,63 78,5 35,27 181,65 154,18
Slovakia 80,58 77,53 62,93 69,57 79,25 36,07 188,87 131,68
Hungary 106,67 67,62 63,01 72,28 83,8 37,77 190,12 125,32
Check
Republic
76,15 79,6 86,08 90,31 110,39 42,25 211,54 105,56
Bulgaria _ 32,16 126,58 106,22 171,92 48,48 239,77 104,41
Source: Anuarul Statistic al Romaniei, (The Statistic Annual of Romania), 2003
As regards the vegetables consumption we are situated on advanced positions, the average
annual consumption is 137.3 kg/inhabitant, over the average of the European Union (122.57
kg), or of the US (125.8 kg/inhabitant), while in other developing countries, vegetables are
consumed in an annual average of 98.8 kg/inhabitant [Anuarul statistic 2003].
In the developing countries, the potatoes consumption is over the average of the
developed countries. The average of the potatoes consumption is 78.65 kg/inhabitant
annually, and in the US there is an average of about 65.27 kg/inhabitant. A Romanian
consumes annually an average of 89.75 kg of potatoes (in 2002).
Romania is much under the average of the developed countries and developing
countries at the fruit meat, milk and sugar consumption. The cereals consumption in our
country has the highest consumption in comparison with the countries analysed in the above
table.
A basic aliment in the human diet is milk. From milk we can prepare various products,
which determined the occurrence of a real alimentary industry with influence on human’s
feeding manner. By introducing the technology of transforming the liquid milk in powder
milk, it can be transported at long distances and can be stored for long periods of time. This
thing allowed that in the periods when the production is higher than consumption, to create
stocks that can be used in the moment when the production is lower than the consumption.
Table 4. The average milk consumption on countries, 2003 (l/inhabitant)
Country Annual average milk consumption (l/inhabitant)
Bulgaria 163,8
Hungary 176,71
Romania 188,87
Poland 190,12
Check Republic 203,57
Source: Anuarul Statistic al Romaniei, (The Statistic Annual of Romania), 2004
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