Brazilian live pork price plummets by Brasil Assuntos do Momento

As already expected by many analysts, the last week of October was very bad for live pork prices in the domestic market, with new falls, and this time, in all important markets in Brazil. Specialists are concerned about the excess supply of piglets at the same time that demand is not growing, exactly at a time when the market is starting to prepare for the end-of-year festivities. China's veto of Brazilian beef surprised everyone and is already beginning to affect the swine segment, which sees unexpected competition in the domestic market, if the ban on Asians persists. The fact that we are at the end of the month, a time when a considerable part of the population needs to hold on to expenses, also contributes to the scenario. But the most important point continues to be the crisis that makes millions of Brazilians remain excluded from consumption. In São Paulo, which last week had been one of the few states not to register a drop in the price of live pigs, in the latter, it saw a ...