German pork exports down for the third consecutive year
Abigail Schofield, trainee analyst at AHDB, says the decline was largely a result of decreased shipments to China, which fell 40%, to 168,000 tonnes in 2017, compared with a year earlier.
Weaker export demand from China is a result of the recovery of its own domestic production as modern sows have filled some of the supply gap.
Countering the drop in Chinese trade, was an increase in deliveries of German pork to other non-EU countries.
Most notably, there was a 22% increase in exports to South Korea, totalling 95,000 tonnes. There were also increases in exports to the Philippines, Japan and Hong Kong.
Whilst the overall volume decreased, exports to other EU member states remained steady on the year earlier, totalling 1.4 million tonnes. Italy remained the largest export market for German pork, although volumes were back 4% on the year. In contrast, the second largest destination, the Netherlands increased its imports of German pork by 10%, totalling 201,500 tonnes.
The plant is operated by Smithfield Foods in Tar Heel, North Carolina, and involves a specific pr...
By emergency decree, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) has permitted ...
According to the report submitted to the OMSA, there are 1,418 cattle of different age groups on ...
