January 25, 2023

Netherlands' pig exports rose in 2022 following slump in previous year

TheNetherlands saw a turnaround of  its pig exports last year, with a total of 817,960 head exported, an increase of 13% over the previous year.

The development came after years of continuing decreases in the number of Dutch pigs exported, from over three million in 2018 to 704,155 in 2021.

Germany is still the leading destination with a 67.7% share of total Dutch pig exports. Spain has positioned itself in recent years as the second leading destination and, in 2022, doubled the number of pigs imported from the Netherlands, from 48,238 in 2021 to 94,217 last year.

Other leading destinations are Belgium (with 67,205 pigs imported in 2022, an increase of 32%), Poland (which tripled its imports in 2022 with 65,331 pigs imported, compared to 24,107 in 2021) and Italy (with an increase of 14%; 24,789 in 2022 versus 21,806 in 2021).

- Pig333