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In 2020, Spanish livestock exports continued to reach record levels mainly driven by significant demand in the Middle East for cattle and in Asian markets for pork.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020, the Spanish meat sector overcame initial disruptions and worked at normal capacity to satisfy domestic and export demand.

The temporary closure of hotels and restaurants in response to COVID-19 lowered domestic demand for high-end meats and slashed prices for meat products such as suckling piglets, Iberico products...

The temporary closure of hotels and restaurants in response to COVID-19 lowered domestic demand for high-end meats and slashed prices by 40 percent for meat products...

Following the economic crisis, Portugal’s livestock production has bounced back and is expected to continue expanding during 2019.

Over the last two years, the restructure of the Spanish dairy industry significantly increased efficiency in domestic production.

Spain’s production of swine and pork continue to grow, reaching new record levels in 2017.

2017 was a positive year for the Spanish animal production sector due to lower feed prices, lowering production cost by improving efficiency, higher domestic demand and increasing Spanish livestock...

Spanish swine production has continued an upward trend resulting in the largest EU swine herd and second in EU pork production. This production has resulted in record levels of Spanish pork exports.

The Spanish swine sector is the most important livestock industry in Spain.

Spain’s cattle and beef production shows in 2015 a rebound after several years following a downward trend.

In (FY) 2014, Spain imported $2.2 billion of agricultural, fish and forest products from the United States, up 19 percent compared to 2013 and the highest import figure on record.