Spain\u2019s pig sector is of key importance to our country\u2019s economy, as it accounts for around 14% of Final Agricultural Production. Within livestock production, the pig sector ranks first in terms of economic importance, reaching close to 39% of Final Livestock Production.<\/p>\n\n
Globally, the EU-28 is the second-largest producer of pork, after China. Individually, Spain is the fourth-largest producing power (after China, the USA, and Germany), while, at European level, Spain ranks second in production with 19% of the tonnes produced (2018 data, Source: EUROSTAT and SG Analysis, Coordination and Statistics, MAPA), behind Germany, and is the EU\u2019s leading country by herd size, with close to 21% of the Community herd (2018 data, Source: EUROSTAT and SG Analysis, Coordination and Statistics, MAPA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spain\u2019s pig sector is of key importance to our country\u2019s economy, as it accounts for around 14% of Final Agricultural Production. Within livestock production, the pig sector ranks first in terms of economic importance, reaching close to 39% of Final Livestock Production. Globally, the EU-28 is the second-largest producer of pork, after China. Individually, Spain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[472],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n