Spain has already requested more than 7,000 tons of pigs for storage

The FEGA has informed the European Commission that 991 t have been requested for aid for the private storage of pork meat, corresponding to the period between April 21 and 27. In this period, applications have been submitted in the EU for a total of 7,189 t. Quantities stored in Spain From March 25, 2022, the date on which the period for submitting aid applications began, until April 28, 2022, aid has been requested in Spain for the storage of 7,489 t of pork, being category 3 (boneless hams) and the most requested storage period of 60 days (57.04% of the tons requested, in the first case, and 67.79% of the periods in the second). As can be seen in the attached table, nothing has been requested for fore-ends and loins. There have also been no requests for storage for 150 days and only 480 t have been requested for 120 days. Quantities stored in the EU Until last April 28, private storage aid had been requested for 40,673 t of pork from 17 Member States, as can be seen in the ...