MARKET ANALYSIS OF THE VEGETABLE SECTOR.

The Romanian vegetable market is in continuous development, with consumers preferring local vegetables to the detriment of imported ones. Even though there is a very good potential and a fairly varied supply of fresh vegetables on the domestic market, some of the producers have given up making major investments, being discouraged by the massive imports of vegetables. The major objective of the paper is to carry out an analysis of the main indicators of the production, consumption and trade of vegetables in Romania. Thus, aspects related to the evolution of the areas cultivated with vegetables, the dynamics of productions in the vegetable sector, the evolution of vegetable consumption as well as the distribution of imports and exports of vegetables will be followed. These data will be analyzed for the period 2010-2022, using statistical calculation methods. With the help of the calculated indicators, a clearer situation on this sector will be highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]