Possibilités d'écoulement sur le marché mondial des excédents futurs de l'Europe

World agricultural markets are characterized by increasing instability. It is, therefore, difficult to work out valid projections. In spite of this, it is almost sure that the gap in food availabilities between developed and developing countries will become more profound over the next 15-20 years. The main problem of the world food situation thus consists in finding an appropriate regional balance of supply and demand. Regional inbalances exist on the world market for primary commodities such as grains, sugar, milk and milk products ; and these inbalances are expected to aggravate. Trends of EEC agricultural production indicate that within the EEC surpluses will prevail with these same products. Commercial outlets for such surpluses on the world market will be restricted, whatever the future level of world market prices will be. (a) Given a low price level EEC production is not competetive ; (b) given a high price level the potential buying countries of the third world lack puchasing power. In both situations increased food aid could be an outlet. This, however, is costly and also raises a number of yet largely unsolved organizational problems.