More than 4,100 pigs slaughtered in local slaughterhouses

May 7, 2024 Vaseline stjohnson 0

There was an improvement in pig numbers at local abattoirs across the country, where more than 4,100 pigs were slaughtered during March this year.

This marks a 7% month-over-month increase compared to the 3,846 head slaughtered in February.

Pig slaughter rates generally recorded an upward trend during those months, with the highest slaughter rate of 4,307 pigs recorded in January 2024, according to a market monitoring report by the Livestock and Livestock Products Board of Namibia (LLPBN). ).

A total of 4,100 pigs were slaughtered in the Mariental and Halooli slaughterhouses in March, representing a year-on-year increase of 12.64%. As a whole, pork marketing registered a growth of 6.60% from February to March of this year.

Meanwhile, pork offal was the largest imported product during January 2024, with more than 300 tons imported. Pork carcass imports were down 68% month-over-month, while cooked pork and raw processed pork were down 32% month-over-month. Pork offal accounted for 54% of total pork imports in March, followed by cooked and processed uncooked pork, which accounted for 30% of total imports, and pork carcasses, which accounted for 12% in March 2024. Total year-to-date pig marketing increased by 9.1%, with a total of 8,153 pigs slaughtered. On the other hand, pork imports weakened 51.1% year-on-year, while local demand for pork products has been generally low due to uneconomic consumer prices.

The price

In an attempt to mitigate the detrimental effects of the decline in pork prices from the Red Meat Abattoirs Association (RMAA), which serves as the current reference price for calculating Namibia’s maximum pork price, the maximum pork price remains set at N$51.03/kg.

The calculated maximum pork price recorded a 1.20% increase from the previous month of February at N$0.48/kg. Similarly, pork prices in South Africa have increased from N$31.40/kg recorded in February to N$31.81/kg in March.

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