Pork price is higher by 25% over December last year due to higher prices of feed, reduce purchasing power will lead to a decrease in consumption, Christmas, 15-20%, according to the Association of Meat Producers Pork in Romania.
"The cost of feed increased by 65% last year, utilities and they were more expensive and therefore, pork is more expensive now, in December, with about 25% compared to December last year," he told AFP John Ladosi, president of the Association of Pork Producers in Romania.
He says that the price of pork arrived in the past two weeks to 6.8 lei per kilogram in live from £ 6.5 a month ago.
"We expect that due to the price increase purchasing power and lower consumption of pork for Christmas to fall by 15-20%. Since our data consumption decreased during the whole year," said Ladosi.