Spain: Cured ham exports drop 2% during the first three months of the year

Published 2021년 5월 27일

Tridge summary

In the first quarter of 2021, Spanish cured ham and shoulders exports saw a slight decrease of 2.08% to 9,994.99 tons, totaling a value of 98,473,806.67 euros, a 1.93% decrease from the previous year. Despite this, the average price per kilo of ham increased slightly to 9.85 euros. The European Union accounted for 77.4% of these exports, with Germany and France as the main markets, despite a decrease in value. There was growth in exports to Austria, Belgium, and Denmark, as well as to Chile and China, which more than offset the decline in Mexico and the US. Bone-in ham formats saw a slight decrease in value but an increase in volume, while boneless ham decreased in both volume and value, with Switzerland and Chile experiencing the most growth in boneless ham exports.

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During the first quarter of 2021, a total of 9,994.99 tons of Spanish cured hams and shoulders were exported, which is 2.08% less than in the same period of the previous year, in which 10,207.38 tons were exported, As announced by the Spanish Serrano Ham Consortium (CJSE), exports were also carried out for a total value of 98,473,806.67 euros, which has implied a decrease of 1.93% with respect to the However, the average price of a kilo of ham has increased slightly during this period to stand at 9.85 euros, 0.15% compared to the same period in 2020, when it was 9.84 euros / kg . In addition, the average price in European Union countries stood at 8.89 euros, compared to 12.74 euros in Third Countries, leading to a drop of 0.80% and a rise of 1.48%, respectively. In this sense, Carlos del Hoyo, director of Marketing and Promotion of the Spanish Serrano Ham Consortium, indicates that “the stabilization of average prices during this period is due, once again, to the export that is ...

Source: Cdecomunicacion