(AMI) The market situation has hardly changed in Europe as compared to the previous week. Due to the summer emergence on weaned pigs is smaller, slaughter weights fall steadily and the need for the abattoirs is low as a result of the weaker demand for pork. Almost claimed pig prices dominate all in all.
In France , the slaughter is throttled. On pages of the pig fatteners, there are overhangs of weaned animals. Pork demand is probably also due to the heat. The price forecast is unchanged to slightly weaker. The outlets of pork are massively complained of the representatives of the Belgian Schlacht and Zerlegeindustrie. In Germany, Fleischvermarkter wonder with which favourable offers Belgian meat seller in the German market are trying to drop off the goods. The battle weight 1.3 kg declined by 2 weeks. As the school holidays have started also in Belgium, no demand are expected in the next few weeks. There are some great fears at the end of the year, could establish a strong decline which drives then quite a few pig farmers in Belgium and the Netherlands in the bankruptcy. The heat in Spain significantly pushes growth of pigs. In just one week, the battle weights lost per animal to 0.5 kg. The meat demand of initiated tourist season and the export is disappointingly weak. The only country where appealing prices can be observed, is Italy, where here the rates when compared to last year's levels are very low.
