Spanish pork exports to Japan increase considerably in 2022

Spanish pork and pork offal exports to the Japanese market have increased notably during the first months of the year, going from 10,000 tons during the first two months of 2021 to more than 25,000 tons during the same period of 2022, according to data offered by AHDB. Japan is an important country for the pig sector because it imports around 1.1 million tons of pork meat and offal every year, making it the second largest market in Asia and the third largest in the world. More than half of this volume is supplied by the United States and Canada, although countries such as Spain, Mexico and Denmark also play an important role. The effect of the covid restrictions substantially reduced the import figures of the Japanese country, but during the first two months of 2022 the number of imports increased by 13% compared to last year, already placing itself in a scenario very similar to the one that had before the pandemic broke out. The growth of imports from Spain is even higher than ...