Pork exports down in 2014

Pork exports declined by 12 percent year-on-year to 623,000 tons in 2014, while import fell by 0.2 percent to 817,000 tons, according to the Agricultural Market Agency (Agencja Rynku Rolnego – ARR). The agency also informed that as many as 361,000 tons of beef products, livestock and meat was exported from Poland, which is an increase of 2 percent y/y. Beef imports stood at 34,000 tons, versus 29,000 tons in 2013. In the case of poultry, exports grew by 20 percent y/y to 867,000 tons and imports rose by 9 percent to 107,000, ARR informed.