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Key points on production, import and export






              229 commercial farms that keep 45% of total pigs
              2.23 million backyard holdings, keeping 55% of total pigs
              Importance of backyard as source of production, socio-economic benefits and traditional heritage. Likely to stay in the medium term.

              Dependency on import of piglets
              Financial incentives to increase piglet production, mainly on large farms (>2,000 sows)
              Substantial deficit of Romanian produced pork in Romanian market (+/- 60% self-sufficiency rate) (2017), due to the ongoing outbreaks
               of ASF the self-sufficiency rate in 2019-2020 is likely to be even larger






















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