During the last meeting of the Management Committee of the Organization of Agricultural Markets on Dec. 15, data on imports and exports of pork from the EU between January and October this year was published.
According to the data published exports of pork from the EU have accumulated, between January and October, 2,664,007 tons, representing an increase of 21.1% compared with the same period last year. Russia is the main destination and shows an increase of 3% compared to the same period last year, a low value compared to the 37% increase of Hong Kong, 93% of China and 108% of South Korea, the second , third and fifth major destinations, respectively.
Imports, following the trend of recent months, showed a decrease of 14.8% during the first 10 months of this year, respectively.
Thursday December 15, 2011/ PVE/ Netherlands.
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