Analyse et appropriation des marges commerciales dans la filière de la viande

Lucien Mazenc

Économie rurale, 1975, vol. 110

Abstract: At the butcher's the price of meat is constantly rising. The consumer's verdict is immediate and irrevocable - the shopkeepers are to blame ! But is the profit levied by middle-men excessive ? Do these profit margins vary and, if so, how ? In fact the middle-men act as a « buffer » between the producer and the consumer and their gross margin acts as a regulator. Thus, when, with the seasons, the butcher's margin increases, the slaughterer's decreases and vice versa, and when there is a considerable margin on fully-grown cattle, there is a small one on veal. The logical consequence of this opposition is that the margin rate levied is on the whole relatively constant, varying between 25 % and 30 % (before tax) of the price paid by the consumer. The same is true in Western Germany and Italy. Should this be a source of satisfaction or of disquiet ? Whatever one's opinion, a clarification of the market and a revaluation of the income of stock-breeders depends more on an interprofessional organisation that would lessen the variations in these margins than on their being recouped by the breeders, which in our opinion is an illusion.

Keywords: Livestock; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1975
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