A cost benefit analysis of public procurement of pork meat
imported, Swedish or locally produced?
Public procurement stands for a substantial part of the total food consumption in Sweden. The majority of the procured food is today imported and according to market trends it?s intended to stay that way. Imported food is favoured for locally produced due to price pressure. Consequently domestic pork farmers have declined by 25 percent during the last twenty years. This issue has unquestionably stimulated a public opinion of an increase in locally produced food. The main purpose of this paper is to find if there are socioeconomic incentives for public kitchens to purchase only locally produced pork. A cost benefit analysis will be used to monetize relevant costs and benefits. The result shows significant large economic incentives for public procurement to consist of locally produced pork. The results are however sensitive to several assumptions and should therefore be interpret with caution.