The Board of Directors has given the green light Mercamurcia the accounts of last year.
The analysis on the progress of the Food Unit during the past year has found some recovery in sales volumes of the various activities during the third quarter after declines that had been accumulating since the last quarter of 2008, caused, no doubt, by the drop in consumption.
During the meeting also briefed members of the Board of Directors of the implementation of the National Lonja de Almendra.
The Murcia region is the center of gravity of almond production, and Mercamurcia has a long experience in conducting this type of auction, as since 1978 has been held the Marketplace Wins, with tables of prices for pig , cattle and sheep.
The market of Almond work without the physical presence of members of the same, which will be connected via the Internet and will provide an electronic table.
Members of this Committee are representatives of cooperatives and trading companies located in Andalusia, Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Murcia and Valencia, to set the producer price to the buyer.
The celebration of the National Lonja Mercamurcia Almond will become the hub of product nationally.
In another vein, the Board of Directors has given the green light Mercamurcia Annual Operating Plan for 2010.
According to estimates, during this year there will be investments of EUR 278,963.00, mainly to bring improvements in the abattoir and the Fruit and Vegetable Market and the adjustment of electrical installations to the new legal regulations.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia