date:Mar 26, 2014
Total exports of pig meat were unchanged in 2013 from the previous year, writes Jackie Linden, although less was traded within the EU and more to third-countries.
Irish exports of fresh and frozen pork were 132,300 tonnes in 2013, according to the German meat association, VDF. However, a seven per cent increase in the average price of those exports raised the value of those exports to 318 million.
A seven per cent fall in exports to other EU countries was made up by a 12 per cent increase to t