The Netherlands: Weaners' exports decline

Reducing the number of sows According to preliminary data from the Dutch Enterprise Agency (RVO), a total of around 6.99 million pigs were weaned in other Member States in 2022; it was 503.6 thousand. animals, which is 6.7% less than in the previous year. In 2021, an even greater decrease in exports was recorded, by 15.7 percent. The reduction of sow herds in the Netherlands, as well as high feed prices and economic losses to EU pig farmers for much of last year, are likely to have caused the recent decline. Exports of weaners to Germany fell by 17%. The clearly declining export of weaners was decisive for the lower sales results. Compared to 2021, the number of animals delivered within the EU decreased by 570.5 thousand. units, i.e. by 9.1 percent, to 5.69 million. With almost 2.95 million weaners delivered, Germany remained the main customer of the Dutch, but deliveries to Germany fell by 619,100 units, or 17.4 percent. Significantly fewer weaners were also sold to Belgium, ...