Spanish pork exporters to China have doubled in one year
Spain has now 57 pork processing plants authorized to export to China, according to data presented by the Ministry of Agriculture. The figure is double compared with the one reported last April (28) and helps consolidate Spain's position as the main supplier of pork in the Chinese market. 8 new Spanish plants have been approved for pork exports to China in the first week of April and others are expected to gain access in this market until the end of the year.
Since last year, Spain is the world's leading exporter of meat and pork products to China, ahead of Germany, Brazil, the United States or Denmark.
The main products exported are pork meat and offal, which have accounted for 55.3% of total agricultural exports from Spain to China in 2019 (in 2018 they represented 35.5% of the total). Last year, Spanish pork exports to China have worth €1.12 billion, double than the sum reported in 2018. For this year, analysts are expecting pork imports in China to reach a total volume of 5 million tonnes. Since January, China accepted to reduce the duties imposed on US pork imports in a bid to diversify suppliers of pig meat in the market. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is creating logistic disruptions for US pork exporters in their trade relations with China.
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