German pork exports decline due to FMD
According to AMI, Germany's pork exports declined in January and February 2025. The exported volume during this period totaled 355,300 t, 3 percent lower than in the same period last year.
This decline in pork exports is primarily due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in water buffalo in Germany in January on a farm in Brandenburg. This resulted in import bans on German pork being imposed in important third countries, making sales in third countries almost impossible for German exporters. As a result, according to AMI, third-country exports fell to 44,000 tonnes in January to February 2025, a drop of more than a quarter.
Although trade to customers within the EU increased during this period, the decline in exports to countries outside the EU could not be offset. Exports to Italy, the most important buyer of German pork, increased by 11 percent. The Netherlands, the second most important buyer, also received slightly more volume than in the same period last year (+2 percent).
Particularly painful was the FMD-related slump in exports to Great Britain, the most important trading partner outside the EU, which fell by 64 percent. At the end of March, the United Kingdom recognized regionalization for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), and trade with Germany has since resumed. Since mid-March, Germany has been largely FMD-free; the last restrictions in the so-called containment zone were lifted in mid-April. AMI therefore expects pork exports to increase in the coming months.
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