Spain, the biggest supplier of pork to the Philippines

Spain continued to hit record levels in production and exports in 2020. USDA forecasts Spanish pork industry trends for 2021 and 2022.

Between January and February, Spain exported 42% of the value of exports to the Philippines for all of 2020.

Total agricultural production saw a 3.3 percent drop in the first quarter of 2021, but hog production suffered much more.

With more than 620,000 tons of pork exported in the first quarter, China accounted for 80% of the total.

Just how much was Philippine pork production affected by African swine fever in 2020?

Risk analysis, investigation, diagnosis, mapping, and emergency management of tansboundary animal diseases will all be done by the center.

Rates of import duty on pork products reduced to address the impact of ASF on the country’s hog industry.

Efforts intensify to encourage the hog raisers severely affected by ASF to resume business and subsequently stabilize pork supply and prices,

The government’s P600-million swine repopulation program is set to launch.

Pork shortage and rising prices prompt increase in imports of pork products.