European Union: fall in the pig meat exports

The last data of the pig meat trade of the European Union presented during the last "Single CMO" Management Committee that took place last Thursday, November 22nd show a fall in the pig meat exports.

During the last nine months, the European Union pig meat exports, that have totalized 2,326,699 tons, have decreased by 2% with respect to the same period of the previous year, when they reached 2,373,957 tons. The main destinations are still Russia, China and Hong Kong, with quotas of a 24.9%, a 17.8% and a 12.0%, respectively, although in the case of Russia and Hong Kong the exports have fallen by 9% and 31% with respect to the same period last year. On the other hand, the exports to China have risen by 54%. Important falls have also been detected in the exports to South Korea and the Philippines, that have decreased by 30% and 25%, respectively.

In relation to the imports, they follow the tendencies of the last months, with a fall by 7%, totalizing 26,488 tons.