(B) Whereas the French authorities argue that the redundancies are linked to the global financial and economic crisis which led to reduced pork consumption in Europe (in 2007 43 kg per annum per head of population, to 39 kg per annum in 2013) and therefore consequently to a decline in production of pork products; whereas between 2006 and 2011, the price of a ton of pigfeed rose from EUR 150 to EUR 250, reaching EUR 300 in the second half of 2012 and remaining at an average of EUR 287 in France throughout 2013 and the cost of pigfeed must be recovered in the sale price of the finished pigs;
(B) Le gouvernement français explique ces licenciements par la crise économique et financière mondiale, qui a entraîné une diminution de la consommation de viande de porc en Europe (de 43 kilos par an et par personne en 2007 à 39 kilos en 2013).
