Russian import lock - consequences for German pork exports
With the Russian ban on the import of pork since Feb 2014 are for Germany approximately 120,000 tonnes for pork exports to Russia. With the unrest in the Ukraine once again 7,000 t added sales loss of pork.
How were these changes take?
In the third country business , a decline in sales of 14% in principle is there. This is already taken into account, that the Philippines have increased their pork reference from Germany to 32,000 t or 142%. Also South Korea got more out of Germany 24,000 t and 109%, respectively. Both Asian countries together thus compensated for the dropouts Russia export to about 40%.
China and Hong Kong have cut their pork imports during this period due to its own good supply.
Missing export alternatives in third countries entail, that German pork must be sold within the EU-28. Approximately 40,000 t / + 2.6% are in the neighbouring countries have been housed. In Italy proved with + 22,000 + 9.4% of powerful customers. France increased its exports from Germany by 5,000 tonnes or + 6.9% and Austria contributed with an additional contribution of 4,000 tonnes.
But not every EU Member country has made a positive contribution. That also by the Russian import lock hard hit exporting countries Poland, Denmark and the Netherlands have their imports from Germany with a total size of 16,000 t reduced.
The German exports of pork to just under 2% overall or fallen 33,500 t. This volume plus the additional import quantities had to be coped with in the internal market. Here, as well as no pork in the EU or Germany comes from third countries. But the neighbouring EU Member States have not only maintained their exports towards Germany by approximately 1 million tonnes, but also intensified. In Germany as large and einkommensstarkes land in the middle of Europe developed a high attraction once opens up only a small gap of need for.
So it is not about the pig pricestanding e in the EU with small regional variations everywhere under pressure . That will be the case as long as, remain as a self-sufficiency rate of well over 100% is made up and limited export opportunities.
