Europe's continually growing dependence on pork exports to China

November 30, 2020/ 333 Staff with information from DG Agricultura.

02-Dec-2020 (5 years 6 months 5 days ago)

European exports to China of pork products during the first 9 months of this year total 2,429,711 tons, representing 62.3% of total pork products exported by the EU and an increase of almost 65% over the same period last year. Exports to China from January to September already exceed the value of exports of all 2019 (2,419,030 t).

<p>Evolution of European exports of pork products to China. (Source: 333 from DG Agri data).</p>

Taking into account all destinations, during these first nine months the EU has already exported a total of 3,901,118 t, 20.2% more than in the same period last year. Trailing behind China is Japan with 275,151 t (7.1% of the total), followed by Hong Kong (166,550 t), South Korea (150,015 t) and the Philippines (104,769 t). These values show Europe's high dependence on exports to China.

<p>Top destinations for European pork exports (Jan-Sept 2020). (Source: 333 from DG Agri data).</p>