Serious crisis in Central Europe - peering into the ground
Guillem Burset predicts when the Spanish pig price will bottom out, and even dares to give us a number!
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What has made the Spanish swine industry so successful?
Spain's production has grown 90% in 32 years, from slaughtering 29 million head of pigs in 1989 to slaughtering more than 56 million in 2021. Explosive growth no matter how you look at it.
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01-Oct-2021andrew-atkinAn incredible success story. Can it be sustained given the growing pressure of environmental restrictions? Is there even enough water in Spain to support the current size of the pig herd?
Inevitable tsunami: Slaughter and process at a loss? No, thanks.
September will show in all its harshness the precariousness of the present moment: pigs will arrive for slaughter in droves and it remains to be seen whether slaughterhouses will be willing to process those pigs whose pork they cannot sell.
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03-Sep-2021luc-verbekehow many drop in Europe has to be in production to have a normal market?
Cascading declines in search of ground. European balances
Virtually absent pork exports to China and poor demand in the EU lead to a 17% drop in Spanish price in 7 weeks, and it will keep dropping.
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10-Sep-2021Marcelo LangThank you for the insightful analysis of EU pork market.
The party's over: Plummeting declines announced
For the first time in 20 years, Spanish prices fell in June. We are in an extremely exceptional situation that must be corrected as soon as possible.
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A monument to the pig price. China is absent!
The pig price in Spain is the most expensive in Europe and Burset predicts that it is very close to the upper limit. China is decreasing imports, buying at cheaper prices, and therefore, is absent in the Spanish market.
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Insurmountable dichotomy: Strength in live pigs, weakness in pork
Pig market: Unbridled in Spain, unsettled in Europe, and with question marks in China. Pork market: rock bottom in Europe.
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04-May-2021ewjThe price of pork and live hogs in China can be modulated by opening and closing the "Import window" for imported pork. They euphemistically call imports of pork "Release of frozen pork from reserve supply" to modulate the consumer pork price. It's like the flapper valve in the throttle on a motor. If you cranked it wide open, the Chinese market would suck pork out of the rest of the world at a vacuum at the rate of transport until the local pig industry in China was virtually destroyed, because with their inefficient management, high disease pressure, and high ingredient costs, they do require trade protection to survive.
Pork consumer trends. An overview of Europe and Asia
In this recorded webinar, Spanish analyst Guillem Burset talks about pork consumer trends based on a questionnaire he sent to 200 directors of meat plants, processors, industries, and other significant operators.
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The rocket won't stop or the perfect storm – Counterpoint: EU processing industry in turmoil
The price of pork continues to rise and Burset makes a prediction for June. It all seems to be good news for producers and slaughterhouses but the processing industry is in for a storm.
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Spain is China's leading pork supplier. Market soaring: Shooting upwards like a rocket
It seems that the deficit in China will last all year and the flow of exports from Spain to this large Asian country will not let up...
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European markets: Is Spain hanging from a steel cable?
Analyst Guillem Burset reviews the current situation of the main European pig markets. Spain stands out against the current. Will it be able to hold out?
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Economic balance of the swine industry on an atypical year
It must be acknowledged that for Spanish swine industry not only has not been a bad year but it rather has been an excellent year.
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Sound the alarm! Prices are cascading down
In view of the unprecedented time we are living in, we are publishing this monthly commentary a few days early.
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The reference market for pork in Spain: Mercolleida
How the pig prices are negotiated in Spain's reference market? Mercolleida represents the market with the highest pig slaughtering activity within the European Union.
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COVID-19? But Spain is breaking record after record!
The price of pork in Spain is the highest in Europe, both currently and in terms of the average so far this year (although the downward trend observed is irreversible in the short-term and will continue).
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ASF in Germany devastates European Union - Spain hopes to stay unshaken
In less than 48 hours German exports halted, so every week about 9,000 extra tonnes of pork need to be sold within the EU.
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23-Sep-2020Levente NyarsYou wrote: 'The bottleneck that limits exports outside the EU is the freezing capacity. In all of Europe 101% of the freezing capacity is already used' Do you have exact statistics about cold storage capacities for pigmeat industry in the EU overall, and for MSs?
