Trends in Sheep and Goat Livestock and Meat Production Concentration and Their Economic Impact in Romania in the Period 2009–2018
The concentration of sheep and goats livestock and meat production were studied in Romania in the period 2009-2018 using the data provided by the National Institute of Statistics, Herfindhal-Hirschman (HHI) and Gini-Struck ( GSI) indices, trend analysis, and structural changes. The results pointed out both the livestock and the live weight for slaughtering increase by 16.5 %, and, respectively, by 10.9%. Sheep and goats livestock is moderately concentrated in five micro-regions: Centre, South East, North West, North East, and West (81%), while meat production in terms of live weight is concentrated mainly in South East, Centre, South Muntenia, North West and North East as proved by HHI (0.1494-0.1654) and GSI(0.4132-0.4467) values. The concentration growth has a positive influence on export which accounted of 93% of production and on export/import ratio which reflected that Romania has an efficient international trade with this product, being a net exporting country