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.
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.
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).
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.
Spanish slaughterhouses are demonstrating extraordinary resilience. Pig prices in Spain are grossly higher than in any of the competing European countries.
For most of the month, our price in Spain has been 25 cents higher than in Holland and about 20 cents higher than Germany. What is the key?
Although the price of pork in Germany remains frozen, in Spain it continues to rise and is already three times higher than the United States...
It seems that we have already hit the price bottom, although no one is ruling out the possibility of COVID-19 infections reappearing. We will worry in due time, not now, about what may happen when China regains its self-sufficiency.
A 10% cumulative drop in the price of pork in Spain seems mild, very mild indeed for what is to come. Hold on tight, there are curves coming...
The price of pork in Spain is well above that of Europe. With a weekly slaughter of 1,000,000 head, how will coronavirus affect slaughterhouse workers or reduce purchasing from the hotel and catering industry?
Restoring normalcy in China is the key factor in the current world market for pork. That's just how things stand.
We believe that the price of pork in Spain won't drop until after summer.
As we close an exceptional year in the pork industry, Spanish's analyst Guillem Burset analyzes the current situation and clues us in to how next year may be.
Overwhelming euphoria should not blind us or cloud our senses: What will happen when China returns to self-sufficiency?
Production reaps an ample harvest of profits while processing continues to accumulate losses. China imports more and more...
The pig price in China has grown by 27.5% in 4 weeks from an already record price.
China has been buying great volumes of pork cuts in all Europe for a few weeks. The pig price in China has shown a spectacular rise.
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