EU pig meat exports still up in October and November

By Bethan Wilkins EU pig meat exports were higher than 2019 levels in the autumn of last year. This was despite the ban on German exports to China and other important third country markets, which came in when ASF was discovered in German wild boar in September. Looking at fresh/frozen pork specifically, exports grew by about 15% in both October and November, versus the previous year. Volumes totalled 366,000 tonnes in October and 389,000 tonnes in November. China remained the driving force behind the growth, with shipments increasing by 16% year-on-year across the two months. Exports to Hong Kong also saw strong growth and more than doubled, although the absolute volumes involved are smaller. These increases more than compensated for reduced volumes sent to another leading Asian market, South Korea. With average prices lower in euro terms (although less so in US dollars due to the weak dollar), the value of fresh/frozen pork exports across October and November was similar to 2019, ...