Spain:Quarterly pork production increases again

June 3, 2020/ 333 Staff with information from the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture.

08-Jun-2020 (5 years 11 months 29 days ago)

Despite all the problems caused by COVID-19, Spanish pig production has continued to increase, with a 12.75% increase in pork production in March compared to March 2019 (430,904 t vs 382,189 t).

The cumulative figures for January-March are also satisfactory, with a total production of 1,329,943 t in this first quarter, an increase of 4.42% compared to the first quarter of 2019.

Pork production for the first quarter and change with respect to the same period the year prior

In terms of the number of head slaughtered, there was a 10.15% increase for the month of March (4,798,994 head vs. 4,356,829) and for the first quarter there was an increase of 2.45% (14,516,255 head vs. 14,169,631 head).

You will find more statistics on pork production for different countries in our pig production data section.