Romania’s bakery sector overview
Romania’s bakery industry seems to be among one of the least profitable in Europe, despite similar production costs.
This has pushed most producers to expand their product range, adding higher added value items.
Romania makes 1.5 million tons of bread per year.
Bread consumption per capita in Romania stood at 96.5 kilos per year in 2019, above the EU average of 60 kilos per capita. Statistics also show Romania imports 900,000 tons of frozen bread per year.
The local milling and bakery sector, which includes around 6,000 companies, reaches around RON10 billion (EUR2 billion) a year in a food market of around EUR10 billion a year.
Source: ZFEnglish, 2021
