foreign agricultural service gain report voluntary public distribution date 12 6 1999 gm9071 germany organic approved by peter o kurz us embassy drafted dietmar a achilles highlights the german market is still growing 5 to ten percent annually spreading into convenience food segment strong competition for suppliers arising china includes psd changes no trade matrix unscheduled bonn gm1 gm page 0 of summary products because i am worth it one largest producers and also biggest in world end 1998 8 227 farms were registered as cultivating about 2 417 000 hectares total land this represents an overall increase 53 under production growth over past two years has slowed annual rate 1997 below double digit rates 1994 96 period even though demand increased farmers do not always find customers willing pay premium prices their