EU pork exports at stable level
According to AMI, pork exports from the EU to third countries remained stable overall from January to July 2024. According to current data from the EU Commission, EU member states exported 2.36 million tonnes in the first seven months of this year, a comparable amount to the same period last year. Despite the overall stable quantities, the individual countries developed quite differently.
With exports of 756,000 t of product weight and a market share of 32%, Spain continues to lead the European suppliers. In Spain, the amount of pork listed remained stable compared to the previous year. Behind Spain in second and third place are the Netherlands and Denmark, which each had to record slight declines in exports with a minus of 4% and 1% respectively. Germany ranked fourth among the largest exporters with a market share of 9% and was able to achieve a significant increase of around 17% in pork deliveries to third countries from January to July 2024. France, Ireland, Belgium and Italy also increased pork exports, thereby offsetting declines in other EU countries overall.
China continues to be the most important buyer of European pork, accounting for more than a quarter of total exports. However, according to AMI, pork exports to China were almost 7% lower than last year. In contrast, an almost stable amount of pork was exported from the EU to the United Kingdom, which is also an important buyer. While trade with some Asian countries remains difficult due to the outbreak of African swine fever in some European countries, South Korea and the Philippines have each increased imports by more than a fifth since the beginning of the year.
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