February 1, 2012

EU's pork exports rise in 2011

While the EU's pork exports rose by over 20% in 2011, pork imports had fallen in the same year. 

Figures, released by the European Commission, showed that the EU imported about 15% less pork than a year earlier. The largest volume of pork was imported from Switzerland (15,929 tonnes), followed by Chile (8,186 tonnes) and the US (5,559 tonnes). Total import value until November 2011 was EUR43.4 million (US$57.1 million).

In contrast, exports from the EU grew strongly by 20.5% to a volume of 2.96 million tonnes of pork. Major shares went to Russia (788,788 tonnes), followed by Hong Kong (509,979 tonnes) and China (362,687 tonnes).

The total pork export value amounted to about EUR4.6 billion (US$6.1 billion).