The Market and Trade in organic food

Each inhabitant of the CR buys roughly CZK 213 worth of organic food annually. The percentage of the total consumption of organic food has remained at approximately 1 %, although it is continuously increasing. Roughly 62 % of organic food comes from imports. The total turnover of organic food, including exports, is currently approximately 3.73 billion Czech crowns.

Most organic food is purchased by Czech consumers in the retail chains (46.2 %), secondly by means of drugstores (14.7 %) and health food shops (14.3 %). Approximately the same percentage is sold by means of farm and other direct sales (7 %) and e-shops (7.8 %). A year-on-year increase in organic food sales also took place in independent food shops, that being up to 4.2 %. More than 3 % of organic food has been used by gastronomic facilities and catering establishments. The fewest amount of organic food is purchased via pharmacies. (2.6 %).