Spanish exports of pork meat and preparations to third countries reached 861 658 tonnes between January and September 2026, compared with 1 030 966 tonnes recorded during the same period in 2025, representing a year-on-year decrease of 16,4 %, according to the animal export report by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA), based on CEXGAN data extracted on 28 October 2026.
Despite the decline, pork accounted for approximately 84 % of the total volume of exported meats and preparations during the first nine months of the year, compared with 85,8 % recorded in the same period of 2025, representing a decrease of 2,1 percentage points.
Main export destinations
China remained the main destination of Spanish pork exports to third countries, with 313 490 tons accumulated between January and September of 2026, compared with 396 540 tons in the same period of 2025, representing a decline of 20,9%.
South Korea ranked second, with 144 363 tons, compared with 99 031 tons recorded between January and September of 2025, an increase of 45,8%.
For its part, Vietnam ranked third, with 77 630 tonnes. Vietnam’s presence as the third-largest market contrasts with its absence from the group of the five leading destinations in the ranking for the first nine months of 2025, for which the CEXGAN report provides no data. However, it is possible to get an idea of exports in 2025 from data extracted from the foreign trade report prepared by INTERPORC for January–September 2025, which records exports of 14 959 tonnes of bacon (TARIC 020910) and 7 515 tonnes of offal (TARIC 020630, 020641 and 020649) to Vietnam. Together, these two categories amounted to 22 474 tonnes between January and September 2025.
Exports to Great Britain reached 48 071 tons between January and September 2026, compared with 49 353 tons in the same period of 2025, representing a decrease of 2,6%.
Likewise, the Philippines experienced a reduction in its imports of Spanish pork, of 70%, rising from 135 741 t between January and September 2025 to 41 732 between January and September of that same year, as a result of the initial ban on importing Spanish pork following the detection of ASF in Spain.
For its part, shipments to the United States increased by 138,5 % between January and September 2026, rising from 10 444 to 24 910 tonnes.
Spanish pork exports to third countries between January and September 2026 vs 2025. Source: 3tres3 based on MAPA data. *Vietnam data for 2025 are incomplete, and Japan has closed its market to Spanish meat due to ASF.
ASF and changes in the ranking of the main destinations
The ranking of the main destinations has changed significantly compared with the same period of 2025, when China topped the ranking, followed by the Philippines (135 741 tonnes), Japan (135 040 tonnes), South Korea (99 031 tonnes) and Great Britain (49 353 tonnes). This development should be analyzed taking into account the detection of African swine fever (ASF) in Spain in November of 2025 and the resulting trade restrictions imposed by Japan (still in force) and, at the time, by the Philippines, which resumed imports of Spanish pork in May of this year following a regionalization agreement.
12 of November 2026 | Editorial team 3three3 based on MAPA-CEXGAN data.