Spain: the final production value of swine reaches its maximum historic level

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment of Spain has just published the economic data of the swine sector, and according to them:

• The final production value of swine reaches its maximum historic value: €6,273 million, and this entails more than 39% of the final stockbreeding production.
• With respect to production, it is kept at about 3.4 million tonnes, with a slight drop with respect to 2012. The number of slaughtered animals is practically the same, with a small decrease of some 150,000 pigs less. Likewise, the average weight of the carcasses barely falls by 300 grams with respect to year 2012.
• An increase in the value of the exports is confirmed. They grew again by 2.5% in 2013, reaching €3,327 million. Regarding the volume of the exports, slight increases in the exports to other EU member countries and drops in the exports to third countries (19.5%) due to the closure of the Russian market imposed as of April have been shown.
• The datum on domestic consumption shows a growth of the consumption of fresh meat by 2.27% and of processed meat by 1.46%.
• The census shows a slight increase by 1.6% favoured by the rise in the number of fattening pigs. Nevertheless, the number of sows falls by 1.5%.
• The average price of pig meat in Spain was 11.39% higher than its average price in 2012.