2013 PRICES CHEER SPANISH BEEF AND PORK PRODUCERS

SPANISH meat producers secured increasingly healthy prices in 2013 as the country crept out of recession in the second half, figures from its ministry of agriculture, food and the environment (MAGRAMA) show.Category E pork (55% - 59% leanness) rose by 11.4% on 2012 to average EUR1.936 per kilo, 10.3% greater than the European Union (EU) average, peaking at EUR2.171/Kg.Prices for AR3 category beef from 10 to 18 month old bulls were high and similar to but more stable than in 2012. The average was EUR381.31/100 Kg, just 0.33% up on 2012 and peaking at EUR391.61/100 ...


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