Thus, the well-balanced market situation has already continued for at least ten weeks in the majority of states with only minimum price changes noted.

Despite the quantities on offer being quite comprehensive, the slaughter companies prove to be fairly poised to purchase, and the markets are well cleared up. France and Belgium lately noted a minimum price increase by 1 cent each; the other countries had their prices remain on an unchanged level.

Trend for the German market: For the days ahead, noteworthy changes of the market situation are not expected to occur. So, the continually comprehensive quantities on offer are supposed to be well marketed. For most of the pig keepers, the question about future forms of invoicing is much more decisive to answer. Numerous slaughter companies still have not presented possible forms, although the new classification forms are to go into effect as of next week, already. As is heard, some companies, at short notice, intend to work on the forms already published.

Explanation
¹corrected quotation: The official Quotations of the different countries are corrected, so that each quotation has the same base (conditions).
base: 56 per cent lean meat; farm-gate-price; 79 per cent killing out percentage, without value-added-tax (VAT)