“Exports are growing more and more, even by 50% in 2010 from 2009, but we are still exporting primary products, mainly wheat, barley and livestock,” he said in a press conference.
Tanczos added that Romania has not yet entered the European food market because it has not used the European funds destined to increase competitiveness and added value for farming products.
He pointed out that Romania has not managed to reopen the slaughterhouses and milk processing units that were closed upon accession because they were not up to EU standards.