March 13, 2012

Spain's 2011 beef exports outside EU rise

Spanish beef exports to non-EU nations increased by 18.78% in 2011 to 13,320 tonnes from a year earlier, according to the European Commission (CE).

Similarly, Spanish sales of live animals to non-EU countries increased by 2.17%, to 13,403 tonnes.

In Spain there were no imports of live cattle in 2011 from countries outside the EU and the beef input shrank by 8.72%, to 15,538 tonnes.

EU meat exports increased by 34.68%, to 295,814 tonnes and output of live cattle rose 34.36%, to 280,061 tonnes.

Total beef products sold in countries outside the EU amounted to 719,575 tonnes in the full year, representing an increase of 33% compared to 2010.