Meanwhile, the slaughter companies are complaining about difficulties they face on the meat business side.

Against this background, quotations are are developing a non-uniform pattern. While prices continue to increase slightly in Spain, quotations remain unchanged in Denmark, Great Britain, Sweden and France. A deduction in quotations must however be accepted in Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium as a result of strong German prices, which influence markets in these countries.

Currently, live exports of cull sowsfor slaughter are being criticised in the media in Denmark. Responding quickly to such criticism, the Danish government has already closed down two reloading points. As a consequence, Danish Crown expects the number of exports of sows to fall quite noticeably over the next few weeks.