The producer price of slaughter pigs has decreased

By: STA Date: 2024. 10. 22. 09:30

According to KSH data, Hungary’s live pig exports increased by 27.1 percent to 19,000 tons in January-July 2024 compared to January-July 2023. The main partners were Romania, Austria, Albania and Slovakia.

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The import of live pigs increased by 2.9 percent to 41.7 thousand tons, Slovakia, Croatia, Germany and the Czech Republic were the largest suppliers. The quantity of pork sold on the international market increased by 17.4 percent (96.8 thousand tons), and its value increased by 15.5 percent during the observed period. Most of the pork was shipped to Romania, Italy, Croatia, Slovakia and Bulgaria. The volume of pork imports increased by 7.7 percent (87.7 thousand tons) and the value by 10.4 percent in January-July 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. More than two-thirds of the pork came from Germany, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands. According to AKI PÁIR data, the producer price of domestically produced slaughter pigs, excluding VAT and transport costs, was HUF 798/kilogram of carcass hot weight in September 2024, a decrease of 11 percent compared to the average price a year earlier. A