According to RVO data for the first quarter of this year, Dutch piglet exports totaled 1.72 million head, an increase of 1.8% over the previous year.
The main destination continues to be Germany with 54.4% of the total number of piglets exported by the Netherlands, followed again by Spain with 26.8% of the total, then by Belgium and Luxembourg with 12.7%.
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The significant increase in Spanish imports of Dutch piglets is worth mentioning, which increased by 66% compared to the first quarter of last year (278,457 vs. 462,694).
Spain follows its upward trend from last year during which it imported 17% more piglets than in 2019, with 1.24 million piglets imported from the Netherlands. (See: The Netherlands exports fewer piglets to Germany and more to Spain).
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Weekly Spanish imports of piglets from the Netherlands.
May 3, 2021/ 333 Staff with data from RVO.