In good times and in bad times: Expertise is required

A sound specialist knowledge is the basis for successful business in every industry. Especially employees in the export area have to be prepared in good time for new export markets and the associated challenges - especially since the economy should pick up again in 2004. Under the motto "Targeted and active training of future export specialists from our own ranks", the CMA Centrale Marketing-Gesellschaft der Deutschen Agrarwirtschaft mbH offers an optimal approach with two qualification measures.

The qualifications for "Certified Export Clerk" and "Certified" Export Manager start on April 2, 2004. The first training offer is a one-year, part-time course It conveys all the necessary knowledge from the proper handling of export orders to the establishment and expansion of international business.

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New CMA / DFV seminar for meat and sausage sales

Every day, employees in the butcher shop are confronted with numerous critical questions relating to the production and sale of food, for example in relation to the storage and cooling of goods. Special training courses teach employees how to handle food hygienically and which measures are part of staff hygiene.

The CMA Centrale Marketing-Gesellschaft der Deutschen Agrarwirtschaft mbH and the DFV Deutsche Fleischerverband eV offer owners and executives in the butcher trade technical and didactic help with a seminar on "Operational measures and controls with HACCP and hygiene training".

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The long-standing managing partner of rapeseed, Horst Kühne, has now been awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon. Horst Kühne, who withdrew from the company's operating business last year, received the high award in Munich from the hands of Bavaria's Minister of Economics, Dr. Otto Wiesheu.

With the Federal Cross of Merit, Horst Kühne's entrepreneurial achievement in building up the rapeseed spice plant and developing it into an internationally leading taste company was recognized. At the ceremony Wiesheu also acknowledged the merits of the Adalbert-Raps Foundation, which is headed by Horst Kühne and takes care of the funding of scientific projects and the support of young people and the needy.

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European Commission allocates EUR 1 million to fight avian influenza in Vietnam

The European Commission will provide € 1 million to help Vietnam fight avian influenza. The funds will be used to purchase urgently needed equipment. David Byrne, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, said: "Vietnam is at the forefront of global efforts to bring this epidemic, which is not only a threat to the region but to the world, under control. It is our duty To help Vietnam fight this epidemic. "

The EU contribution is in response to appeals from the WHO, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Office for Epizootics (OIE) for international aid. The funds are immediately available and are used to buy protective equipment for veterinarians and farmers who have to deal with infected poultry and for laboratory and hospital equipment. Over 15 people are involved in the ongoing culling measures in infected Vietnamese poultry populations, many of whom so far do not have adequate protective equipment. Since the epidemic began, 000 people have died of avian influenza in Vietnam.

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According to information from the Federal Statistical Office, the wholesale price index in January 2004 was 0,4% higher than in January 2003. In December and November 2003 the annual rates of change were + 1,3% and + 1,5%, respectively. The overall index excluding petroleum products increased by 2004% in January 1,1 compared to the same period in the previous year.

The noticeably lower increase in the annual inflation rate is mainly due to a statistical base effect: the sharp price increases in January 2003 (at that time wholesale prices also rose by 1,2% as a result of increased ecotax and tobacco tax rates) are no longer included in the annual rate calculation for the first time.

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Store prices follow the scarce market supply

The German slaughter companies have had to spend more money on their young bull purchases in the past few weeks: because the local market was still scarce with animals ready for slaughter, but demand continued to run normally. The price surge on the upstream market levels was followed by retail prices for high-quality cuts.

A kilogram of braised beef, which consumers still got for an average of 8,37 euros in December, cost an average of 8,66 euros in January; the price for fillet of beef rose in stores from 24,20 euros per kilogram in December to an average of 24,46 euros in January. The claims for minced beef remained stable at the national average at around 5,80 euros per kilogram, while the price of cooked meat fell slightly from 4,93 euros to 4,85 euros per kilogram.

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Noticeably larger offer

A significantly smaller supply was available on the slaughter pig market at the beginning of the new year, while demand from the slaughter companies was brisk. The available animals could therefore be sold smoothly at fixed prices. The meat processing industry also showed increasing interest in processed goods. In the middle of January, however, the pig supply quickly returned to a high level, so that the animals offered could only be placed on the market at unchanged prices. It was only towards the end of the month that, despite the still unsatisfactory meat shops, the slaughterhouses had to increase their payment prices again due to the supply.

The monthly average for fattening pigs of meat trade class E was 1,16 euros per kilogram slaughter weight, which was six cents more than in December, but that was still six cents less than a year ago. On average across all trade classes E to P, the slaughter paid EUR 1,11 per kilogram, also six cents more than in the previous month and six cents less than at the beginning of 2003.

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The Egyptian government has conditionally lifted the ban on imports of beef and veal from the Netherlands from the Netherlands in late 2002. Egyptian veterinarians are to carry out health checks on exporting Dutch companies immediately after the conclusion of export contracts. A health certificate authorizing export can only be issued if the result of the inspection is unobjectionable.

Egypt has long been the main third country export market for Dutch beef. In the 90s, the Netherlands raised more than 20 million euros a year there. In addition to the Netherlands, only Ireland is currently allowed to export beef to Egypt among the EU countries.

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Pork is the favorite in East Germany

The preferences for certain types of meat are quite different in Germany: For example, above-average amounts of pork are eaten in the eastern German countries, with beef and veal being the former federal territory. In the opinion of the ZMP market researchers, this is not only due to traditional eating habits, but also to the different prices for these types of meat.

The national average of pork consumption in 2002 was 53,7 kilograms per inhabitant. According to ZMP estimates, the new federal states and Berlin accounted for 62,8 kilograms; 51,3 kilograms on the old federal territory. The pioneers in pork consumption are the people in Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, who consume on average between 65 and 66 kilograms of pork per person per year. The bottom of the list are consumers in Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg with an annual per capita consumption of 49 to 50 kilograms.

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Demand received impulses

The supply of domestic lambs for slaughter was comparatively tight in the first month of the new year. Since the demand for lamb received noticeable impulses in mid-January against the background of the Muslim Festival of Sacrifice, the wholesale market prices rose significantly; Surcharges could be enforced especially for clubs and foreparts. Suppliers of animals for slaughter also benefited from this, as they were able to continuously push through slightly higher prices for their lambs.

For lambs billed at a flat rate, producers received an average of EUR 3,69 per kilogram of slaughter weight in January, 14 cents more than in December. However, the comparable previous year's revenues were still missed by 34 cents. The notifiable slaughterhouses accounted for around 1.200 lambs and sheep per week, partly on a flat-rate basis, partly according to commercial classes. This meant that the supply available was 8,4 percent smaller than in December; however, it was almost exactly the January 2003 offer.

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Out-of-home spending fell in 2003

 In 2003, Germans spent less money on eating and drinking in the hospitality industry. The average price for food and drinks in restaurants, cafés, canteens and other places of consumption outside the home fell to 351 euros per inhabitant, which, according to the Federal Statistical Office, was on average 19 euros less than a year earlier. In 1993, on the other hand, each inhabitant had spent an average of EUR 434 on food and drink away from home, EUR 84 more than in 2003. During this period, sales of food and drink in the catering trade rose by EUR 6,4 billion or 18 percent to around 29 billion euros back.

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