EU pork exports continue to decline – ISN

In the first five months of this year, the EU member states exported less pork to third countries compared to the same period last year, according to a recent market report from German pig group ISN. Exports recorded a decline of around 2%. In contrast to most other EU countries, Germany was able to significantly expand its exports, reports the Agricultural Market Information Society (AMI) based on data from the EU Commission.

According to the AMI, pork exports from the EU to third countries continued to decline from January to May 2024. In total, the EU member states export 1.7 million tonnes, which is around 2% less than in the same period last year. The individual countries developed quite differently.

Spain remains the largest exporter of pork in the EU with a market share of almost a third, but the country’s exports have declined since the beginning of the year. From January to May 2024, Spanish exporters delivered a total of 0.54 million tons of pork to third countries, 4% less than in the previous year’s second year.

The second and third place of the largest supplying countries is occupied by the Netherlands and Denmark with 0.28 million tonnes and 0.26 million t of pork. Here, too, export declines of 5% each were recorded. Germany ranks fourth with just under a tenth of a market share.

Around 0.16 million tons of pork were exported from Germany in the first five months of this year, which is 17% more than in the same period last year.

Unchanged, China occupies first place of the customer with a share of a good quarter (approx. 0.45 million tonnes) of total exports from January to May 2024, despite the fact that the People’s Republic has reduced pork imports from the EU by almost 14% compared to the previous year.

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