The Spanish white pork meat exports grew by 16.5% in 2016
According to Interporc, the Spanish white pork meat sector is the fourth largest exporter of pork in the world, behind Germany, the USA, and The Netherlands, but ahead other remarkable exporters like Denmark, Canada, Brazil, China, Chile or Mexico.
In 2016, the sector exported to 130 different countries throughout the world.
By product, the Spanish pork sector mainly exports meat and offal of pigs, which represents 73% of all exports, and hams, sausages and other processed meat, which account for 20% of the total exports. The foreign sales of live animals accounted for 4.5% of the exports, while the fats, bacon and butter segment was 1.7% of the exports.
The white pork meat sector represents 14% of Spain's total agricultural production and 37% of the final livestock production, with 3.9 million tons produced every year. Furthermore, this sector also represents 14% of Spain's industrial GDP and it reports a turnover of 7,500 million of fresh production only and 5,500 million of turnover for processed pork meat products.
Interporc is carrying out International Promotion Plan with actions in the main markets of destination in the world by the volume of their imports, the evolution of their international purchases growth or their strategic interest for some products.
"Thus, in 2017 we are actively working in countries like China, Japan, South Korea, The Philippines, Taiwan, Mexico, France, Germany and the UK, among others," Interporc's statement read.
"With this actions the Inter-professional contributes to achieve a higher presence of our companies in the world, spreading the information about the quality of the white pork meat, its nutritional and healthy properties and their variety, and also remarking important aspects like the sustainability of the strict Spanish production system, its respect for the animal welfare, its high grade of innovation and its supply capacity."
Interporc, the Inter-professional Agri-Food Organization for White Pork, is a non-profit entity that represents the entire Spanish white pork sector, including its production, industrial processing, and marketing. It is the most important Inter-professional organization of the meat sector given the volume of the pork production in Spain.
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