New ratings in the sheep and goat meat They bring restrictive measures for smallpox, but also the killing of thousands of animals, causing market deficiencies, according to Ertnews.
Specifically, in July, meat prices rose by 6.2% on an annual basis, based on ELSTAT data. As Nikos Palaskas, secretary of the Pan -Hellenic Union of Livestones, said: “In the last month the slaughterhouses have been closed. prohibits the movement of animals from units to the slaughterhouses.
In consumption the meat does not exist, there are very small quantities that come from neighboring regions, so the consumer will not find sheep and lamb and be expensive. “
According to breeders, the producer price for sheep meat currently at 4 to 4.5 euros per kilo will rise to even 6 euros per kilo in the coming days, with the cost being passed on to consumers.
The 9.5 to 11 -euro bun is not excluded from reaching 12.5 euros per kilo, while the ribs that today cost from 10 to 12 euros may reach 13.5 euros per kilo.
The butcher Nikos Karatziolis points out: “The people are still asking for sheep, there is some people who hear all that is done for the Zoonosos and is scared, but there is a 70% that continues to seek meat.”
The lamb is still at high prices, with producers selling at 8.5 euros per kilo and reaching the supermarket at 13 to 14 euros per kilo and butchers and even 17 euros.
However, industry representatives estimate that the price of the lamb will not increase further, as consumption has declined significantly.
Vangelis Rizos, President of Larissa butchers, says: “We cannot obtain the sheep and lamb. Our slaughterhouses cannot serve us, supply the sheep, which means that it must be in another county, to move to our county.
Which all this again means a great cost for us to obtain it to the final recipient who is the consumer who will pay for it more. “
Up to 25% increased compared to veal prices last year, as the European agreement on green transition has led to a reduction in animal capital. In Greece, which covers its needs in beef from imports of 80%, the price of the ball has increased from 12.5 euros last year to 15.8 euros per kilo this year.