(AMI) After recently repeated reductions in slaughter pig prices across Europe, the situation now slightly relax appears to. The offered amounts decline slightly in most countries, the relatively low prices offer sales opportunities in the export. Still the numbers exceed the demand of the companies of the battle remain, the national meat markets also continue to cause problems.
Largely balanced battle pork markets are reported in France. The offered quantities develop slight decline and even minimally above the needs of battle company. There are problems still on the meat market where the paragraphs back remain far short of expectations. Consequently, additional discounts are requested by this page. Also in Belgium, the situation has stabilised last easily, it is expected a stable or only slightly weaker pricing. In Italy, the local market observers keep even a slightly firmer prices in the coming weeks to be realistic.
Ongoing, there are problems, however, in Spain. The offered amounts of weaned pigs continue to significantly exceed the prevailing requirements. In addition, some abattoirs have reduced their activities to meet the extensive inventories. Almost all market participants expect for the time being still weaker prices and act accordingly cautious.
