May 24, 2021

Spain exports 26,048 tonnes of pork to Philippines in January-February 2021

In the first two months of 2021, Spain exported 26,048 tonnes of pork products to the Philippines at a value of €41.18 million (US$50.2 million).

The amount is equivalent to 41.80% of the value of all exports to the Philippines in 2020 when a record figure of €98.50 million (US$120 million) was reached.

In 2019, with a record value of €97 million (US$118.2 million), Spain became the Philippines' largest supplier of pork and pork products, increasing its leading position in 2020 by reaching a market share of 30% of the total pork and pork offal imports, according to figures from the Philippine Livestock Bureau, well ahead of figures from Canada (18%), the United States (17%), France (12%) and the Netherlands (10%).

According to estimates by the Philippine Statistics Authority, the country's swine inventory as of January 1, 2021 could have declined by 24% from the 2019 census (the year African swine fever was first reported in the Philippines), standing at 9.72 million head, down from 12.7 million head in 2018 and 2019.

- Foreign News Bulletin-MAPA (Spain)