The Netherlands was also the largest meat exporter in Europe last year

The Netherlands earned 8.8 billion euros from the sale of meat last year, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported on Wednesday based on new figures. Although that is less than the 9.3 billion euros in 2019, our country remains the largest exporter of meat in the European Union. The Netherlands is particularly large in the export of beef and veal. Looking purely at poultry, the Netherlands finishes in second place behind Poland, while based on the export of pork alone, it is good for fourth place after Spain, Germany and Denmark. The Netherlands also leads the list in terms of export weight. Last year, 3.6 billion kilos of meat were exported. Twenty years earlier, that was 2.4 billion kilos. Meat exports account for 60 percent of revenues, domestic sales for the other 40 percent. About 85 percent of the aforementioned 8.8 billion euros concerns meat produced or processed in the Netherlands. The remaining 15 percent is for transit or re-export. The latter means that although ...