Calf imports in the Netherlands continue to decline

In the Netherlands, fewer non-dairy calves were imported again in the first quarter of this year. This is evident from figures from RVO. Approximately 6 percent less In the first thirteen weeks of 2026, a total of about 172,500 calves from elsewhere in Europe came to the Netherlands. In the first thirteen weeks of 2025, there were still almost 183,800. This amounts to a decrease of just over six percent. Import from Belgium halved The number of imported Belgian calves almost halved from about 10,400 to 5,400. The import from Ireland also decreased significantly. In the first quarter of 2025, almost 28,500 Irish calves crossed the border, in the first quarter of this year there were almost 25,800, a ...