Almost 90,000t of pigmeat has gone into the Aids to Private Storage scheme (APS) during the three weeks the scheme was open in January. This shows the serious state of the pigmeat market and pressure on the country’s remaining pig farmers. The amount going into storage from the countries using the scheme broadly reflects the number of pigs processed in each country. The top pig-producing country in the EU is Germany, with 58m pigs processed in 2013, followed by Spain on 41m, Poland 19m, Denmark 19m and the Netherlands 14m. Denmark and the Netherlands are the EU’s top net exporters of pigmeat.