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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

Meat production ASF National potential Regional potential Conclusions References Contact Annex 1 Annex 2 Annex 3 Annex 4 14