They already await drama in the Hungarian meat market



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The effect of the African swine fever outbreak in Germany on pork has been slight, but Hungarian purchase prices have also started to fall. The real shock, on the other hand, may only come now, but it may turn out that the prices of cuts of meat are set differently.

The Hungarian market has also reacted to the fact that the outbreak of African swine fever (ASP) in Germany has led to a rapid drop in prices in Germany, Tamás Éder, president of the Hungarian Meat Industry Association, told the World economy. Previous domestic purchase prices of around 400 HUF also fell to 360-385 HUF in Hungary, but it still holds 400 HUF for Hungarian pig export.

The problem is that, due to the export ban, companies are scrapping meat attached to the Germans, depressing the prices of domestic meat processors. Up to 600-800 thousand tons of German meat can be caught per year due to China’s export ban. However, in China, due to different gastronomic habits, products of lower value to European consumers (heads, feet, tails) could also be sold to Chinese, so there was not as much pressure on meat processors to search pork on the loins, loins and pork. price, said Eder, who said it could change now.

Overall, this year, due to the spill-over effects of the epidemic, the performance of the meat processing industry in the first half of the year declined by 4 percent, while the production of meat products fell by 8 percent. cent, and Twenty Alliance expects less growth for the next period. Discarded meat can affect the Hungarian market in a very painful way.



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