More Irish calves to the Netherlands

The RVO figures show that up to and including week 9, 21,321 Irish calves were brought to the Netherlands. In the same period last year there were 14,466, an increase of 47 percent. In 2021, 4,761 Irish calves were imported in these weeks and 11,237 in 2020. The figures are difficult to compare, because the veal farming sector was hit hard during the corona pandemic. Veal is a luxury product that is widely consumed in restaurants and other catering establishments. They were closed for a long time. The increased export seems to be mainly related to the larger supply of calves on the Irish side. A total of 28,258 calves were exported from Ireland to various countries in the first eight weeks of 2023, an increase of 69 percent. In this period, 94 percent more cattle, not just calves, were transported to the Netherlands, 18 percent more to Spain and 644 percent more to Poland. There are also countries where less cattle went to: Libya (-96 percent), Greece (-35 percent), Northern ...