European Renderers Look Increasingly
to Export Markets
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Livestock and
DĞĂƚ^ƵƉƉůLJ
ŝƌŬŽďďĞůĂĞƌĞ͕&WZƐĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJ
general, gave an update on the European
rendering industry’s latest statistics
(2021). Beef production continues
its slow contraction. This is not new
ďƵƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽ ƐŝŐŶƐ ŽĨ Ă ƌĞǀĞƌƐĂů͘
ŽŶƐƵŵƉƚŝŽŶ ŝƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƚƌĞŶĚ͕
ƉĂƌƚůLJ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƉƌŝĐĞ ďƵƚ ŝŶĐƌĞĂƐŝŶŐůLJ
thanks to many disparate movements
ĚŝƐĐŽƵƌĂŐŝŶŐ ďĞĞĨ ĐŽŶƐƵŵƉƚŝŽŶ ŽŶ
ƐƵƐƚĂŝŶĂďŝůŝƚLJ͕ŚĞĂůƚŚ͕ǁĞůĨĂƌĞĂŶĚŽƚŚĞƌ
ŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͘hƉŝŐŵĞĂƚƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶŚĂƐ
ďĞĞŶƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽŶĞŽĨŝƚƐƉĞƌŝŽĚŝĐĐLJĐůŝĐĂů
troughs and this is turning around slowly.
dǁŽƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚƉƌŽĚƵĐĞƌƐʹ^ƉĂŝŶĂŶĚ
ĞŶŵĂƌŬ ʹ ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ ĂƌĞ ĞdžƉĞĐƚŝŶŐ
ƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƚŽŝŶĐƌĞĂƐĞŝŶϮϬϮϮ͘WƌŝĐĞƐ
ĨŽƌĨĂƌŵĞƌƐŚĂǀĞĂůƐŽƌĞďŽƵŶĚĞĚ͘
^ƉĂŝŶ ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ƚŚĞ h͛Ɛ ďŝŐŐĞƐƚ
producer of pigmeat, taking over the
ƚŽƉ ƐƉŽƚ ĨƌŽŵ 'ĞƌŵĂŶLJ͘ ,ŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕
the gradual spread of African swine
fever, which jumped from the east of
'ĞƌŵĂŶLJƚŽƚŚĞ&ƌĞŶĐŚͲ'ĞƌŵĂŶďŽƌĚĞƌ
ĂƚƚŚĞƟŵĞŽĨƚŚĞ&WZŽŶŐƌĞƐƐ͕ŝƐĂ
major concern for all in the sector.
dŚĞƉŽƵůƚƌLJƐĞĐƚŽƌŚĂƐďĞĞŶŽŶĞ
ŽĨƚŚĞďƌŝŐŚƚĞƌƐƉŽƚƐŝŶƌĞĐĞŶƚLJĞĂƌƐ͕
ĚĞƐƉŝƚĞŽĐĐƵƌƌĞŶĐĞƐŽĨĂǀŝĂŶŝŶŇƵĞŶnjĂ͘
WƌŽĚƵĐƚŝŽŶ ŝƐ ƌĞůĂƚŝǀĞůLJ ƐƚĂďůĞ ŶŽǁ
and, despite strong European demand,
the EU has a surplus and is a major
presence on the world market.
tŚĞƌĞĂƌĞƚŚĞWƐŐŽŝŶŐ͍
ŽďďĞůĂĞƌĞĞdžƉůĂŝŶĞĚĐŽŵďƵƐƟŽŶ͕ďŝŽĨƵĞůƐĂŶĚ
ĨĞƌƟůŝnjĞƌƐĂƌĞƚŚĞƚŚƌĞĞŵĂŝŶŵĂƌŬĞƚƐĨŽƌĂƚĞŐŽƌLJϭ
ĂŶĚϮŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ͘ŝŽĚŝĞƐĞůͬƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞĚŝĞƐĞůŝƐƚŚĞ
ďŝŐŐĞƐƚŐƌŽǁŝŶŐŵĂƌŬĞƚĨŽƌĂůůĐĂƚĞŐŽƌŝĞƐŽĨĂŶŝŵĂůĨĂƚ͘
Processed Animal Proteins
Have Their Day, Too
&WZŚĂƐĚĂƚĂŽŶƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶŽĨĂůůƚŚĞŵĂŝŶ
ƚLJƉĞƐ ŽĨ WW ĂŶĚ ŵĞĂů͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĚĞƐƟŶĞĚ ŵĂŝŶůLJ
ĨŽƌƚŚĞƉĞƚĨŽŽĚŵĂƌŬĞƚ͘,ĞƌĞŝƐĂďƌĞĂŬĚŽǁŶŽĨ
which types of the overall 2.85 mmt of PAP and
food-grade meals go into which markets. The
ƌĂƉŝĚŐƌŽǁƚŚŝŶWWŐŽŝŶŐŝŶƚŽĮƐŚĨĞĞĚŚĂƐƐůŽǁĞĚ
somewhat recently.
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