Germany: 48.3 percent of all horses imported to North Rhine-Westphalia in 2021 came from Iceland

Published 2022년 4월 7일

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In 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany, imported 602 live horses, valued at 15.5 million euros, primarily from Iceland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The majority of these horses were purebred breeding animals. NRW also exported 813 horses, worth 48.9 million euros, to countries such as the United States, Switzerland, and Italy.

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07.04.2022 | 11:25:00 | ID: 32799 | Department: Agriculture | animal Düsseldorf (agrar-PR) - 602 live horses were imported to NRW in 2021. With 291 animals, almost half of the imported horses came from Iceland. In 2021, 602 live horses worth 15.5 million euros were imported to NRW. As reported by Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia as the State Statistical Office, almost half (48.3 percent) of the horses, 291 animals, were imported from Iceland. The Netherlands (90 horses) and Switzerland (84 horses) followed in second and third place.207 and thus more than a third of the horses imported in 2021 were purebred breeding animals; the value of these animals amounted to 9.9 million euros. With 134 horses and a share of 65 percent of all horses imported to NRW, Iceland was the most important country of origin for purebred breeding horses. The import value of these horses was 544,000 euros. Four thoroughbred horses imported from Denmark had the highest import values at 7.6 ...

Source: Agrar