Finland country report

store, transit, agricultural products, agricultural service, beef, beer, cake mixes, catering, catering, cigarettes, coffee, convenience stores, department stores, dried fruit, drink, fast food, fast-food, food retail, food retailers, food retailing, fruit, fruit, fruit juice, fruits, functional food, grocery, grocery store, grocery stores, hard discount, hard discounter, hypermarkets, information technology, ingredients, internet retail, logistics, magazines, magazines, organic food, rice, shipping, snack, specialty stores, supermarkets, vegetables, vitamins, wholesale, wholesaler, wholesalers, wholesaling, wine,

required report public distribution date 11 27 2006 gain number fi6006 finland retail food sector approved by roger wentzel us embassy prepared bettina dahlbacka agricultural specialist highlights the consolidation and restructuring of nordic offers interesting opportunities for suppliers in terms volume variety products demand best prospects include processed fruits vegetables tree nuts convenience appealing to health conscious additionally market is expanding international ethnic cuisines a major impedient increased sales consumer resistance containing genetically modified gmo ingredients nevertheless weak dollar 2004 2005 has fueled new interest includes psd changes no trade matrix annual stockholm sw1 fi usda foreign service global agriculture information network template version 2 09 page 15 unclassified section i summary sweden economic growth both strengthened domestic high value ready low inflation reduced rates have kept confidence private consumption expected grow