February 21, 2022

Spain's import of piglets from Netherlands increases 22% in 2021

Spain imported a total of 1,552,851 piglets from the Netherlands last year, according to data from Dutch statistics service RVO.

The figure represents an increase of 22% over 2020 when 1.27 million Dutch piglets were imported. Imports were experiencing a significant increase over the last six years, from 194,000 head in 2006 to 1.55 million in 2021, an increase of more than 700%.

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

- Pig333 / RVO.