European Market Survey

摘要

Russian import quotas continue to bite; Firm EUpig market; EU sheep meat production - no change forecast; Final details of German SFP; Beef agenda announced; Rise in German beef imports; Euro-zone and EU-25 GDP up. Russian imports of fresh and frozenbeef, pork and poultry amounted to 282,000 tonnes in the first quarter of this year, 52 per cent down on the same period in 2003. This follows last year's decision to impose import quotas, to provide greater protection to the domestic meat industry.