Turnaround: Sheep meat imports from Greece surpass those from North Macedonia

Published 2025년 1월 23일

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In January 2025, Bulgaria experienced a significant increase in lamb prices across the board, with live weight lambs costing 4.4% more at 11.59 BGN/kg and lamb meat seeing a 6.6% rise in wholesale prices to 25.27 BGN/kg VAT included. Retail prices for lamb meat surged by 14.3% to 27.76 BGN/kg VAT. Despite these increases, the Ministry of Agriculture reported a decrease in sheep and goat meat production by 18.1% to 1,430 tons in the first nine months of 2024. Import levels of sheep meat also saw a decline, except from Germany, New Zealand, and Italy, while lamb exports were predicted to decrease by nearly 70% by September 2024.

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The trend of increasing lamb prices continues in the first month of the new year, as is evident in the statistical information on the sector published by the Ministry of Agriculture. Wholesale egg prices start 2025 at lower levels than last year According to SAPI data, as of January 8, 2025, the purchase price of lambs (live weight) is 11.59 BGN/kg excluding VAT. The price increase compared to January 2024 is 4.4%. In wholesale, a kilogram of lamb meat in the first days of 2025 was traded for 25.27 BGN with VAT – a 6.6% increase. The jump in retail prices is greater – by 14.3%, reaching 27.76 BGN/kg with VAT. The infographic for the last three years outlines a gradual increase in both the purchase prices of live weight and the wholesale and retail prices of lamb meat. In January 2022, the purchase prices of lambs (live weight) were just over 6 BGN/kg excluding VAT, after a year they increased to over 8 BGN/kg excluding VAT, and in January 2024 they reached levels of about 11 ...

Source: Agri