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He was born in Cassà de la Selva (Girona) on July 7th, 1953
He is Agricultural Technical Engineer (he obtained his technical certificate from the School of Barcelona in 1973), although he has never worked as such.
Guillem Burset started his professional path as manager at the company Jaume Abras, S.A. (a pig meat butchering room) where he remained from 1977 to 1989. In those days he was elected President of the FECIC (Meat Industries Catalan Federation), holding this position from 1986 to 1989.
In 1990 he worked as manager at the Spanish delegation of the multinational Danish company ESS-FOOD which, at that time, was the first pig meat trading company at a worldwide level. He remained at ESS-FOOD Spain until December 1993.
In 1994 he was founding partner of the company Grup Unexporc, S.A., which was born with the aim of exporting Spanish pig meat. Grup Unexporc, S.A. is one of the leaders in this activity, based on the production of its major shareholders: Cárnica Batallé and Matadero Frigorífico Avinyó.
In 2005, Guillem Burset left Grup Unexporc, S.A. in order to create his own international pig meat trade company.
During the course of his professional career he has participated in several congresses as a speaker, always talking about the pig meat world trade (Pfizer Forum, UAB, Europorc…)
Guillem Burset is a chess enthusiast.
Updated CV 03-Oct-2013
Guillem Burset comments on various current affairs of the European pig market: stocks and private storage, merger of Tican and Danish Crown, prospects on the price recovery…
The prices recover both in northern and southern Europe.
In February, the price should improve, slightly and with difficulty, but it should ameliorate.
We think that administrations must take urgent actions regarding the crisis in the pig sector.
In our sector we know well that if Germany sneezes the whole of Europe catches a cold. Last Wednesday the prices dropped by €0.04 in Germany…
Europe as a whole has a flat depressive profile with the prices in the minimum levels of the last three years.
All the European markets lower the prices very quickly to position their meat as best as possible with respect to its rivals. The search for alternative markets is essential…
September will be a bear market month. We still have to see the pace of the drops.
During July Germany has made a strong challenge that is difficult to process for the whole of Europe.
The low supply sets the pace of the price of pigs, but there are many more factors at stake: multiproduct commercial flow from Denmark to US; Russia has just presented a proposal for the opening of exports from some countries of the EU, etc.
If no disturbing health factors appear, this year will be remembered as a very positive one.
The Spanish price will rise until well into summer, and the range of the rise will depend on Europe.
The future for the European pig producers seems clear and the heart of the matter lies in knowing how the different markets will reposition themselves.
We fear that in the short term, the collapse caused by the Russian closure will become more evident and, that with it, the price will inevitably fall again.
It seems that the price has initiated its spring rise, but many factors intervene. Whilst the Russian borders are still closed the collapse of some cuts (especially fats) will be inevitable.
We are closing the financial year at the minimum level in the whole year, in a turbulent setting that will need three or four weeks to clarify itself.
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