and also imports large quantities of poultry meat from Brazil and Thailand, where production costs are much lower than in Europe. Somewhat perversely the EU also exports large quantities of poultry meat and offal to Russia and Ukraine and parts of the Middle East.
     Next to India, the EU is the second largest producer of milk and milk products, exporting around 800,000 tonnes per year to a variety of global markets, including Africa (mainly Nigeria and Algeria), China, Russia and parts of the

Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia. Exports of cheese and curd currently run at around 300,000 tonnes per year, going mainly to the US, Russia and Japan (Eurostat Agricultural Trade Statistics data).
     The Common Agricultural Policy is moving away from production-led subsidies towards a more market-led and en­vironmentally friendly system, but there is still a substantial subsidy paid to most participants in the livestock sector that reduces the competitiveness of developing countries.

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