Spain ended 2021 with a further increase in imports of Dutch piglets

February 14, 2022/ 333 Staff with data from RVO.

15-Feb-2022 (4 years 3 months 24 days ago)

During the year 2021 Spain imported a total of 1,552,851 piglets from the Netherlands, according to data from the Dutch statistics service RVO. This represents an increase of 22% over the previous year when 1.27 million Dutch piglets were imported. As seen in the graph below, these imports have undergone a more than significant increase over the last 6 years, from 194,000 head in 2006 to 1.55 million in 2021, an increase of more than 700%.

<p>Spanish imports of Dutch piglets for the period 2006-2021. Source: 333 based on RVO data.</p>

The year 2021 started with significant increases in the number of imported piglets, which gradually decreased to end with weekly values below those of 2020.

<p>Evolution of Spanish weekly imports of Dutch piglets for the years 2020 and 2021. Source: 333 based on RVO data.</p>