Interpalm has presented the 2025 production data at the sixth edition of the Cercle d’Amis du Foie Gras: 494 tonnes, nearly €59 million in processing value and exports to more than 30 countries
Madrid, 19 March 2026. – The Interprofessional Association of Fatty Waterfowl (Interpalm) has held the sixth edition of the Cercle d’Amis du Foie Gras, a forum that brought together representatives of the Public Administration, foodservice professionals and actors across the food supply chain. The event served to present the sector’s closing figures for 2025: 898,579 ducks raised, a production of 494 tonnes of foie gras and a processing value of €58.7 million.
The data confirm the robustness of an activity that, although smaller in volume compared to broiler or egg production, plays a significant role in sustaining the economies of the rural areas where it is concentrated: Castilla y León, Navarra, País Vasco, Cataluña and Aragón. It is precisely in these regions that waterfowl farming represents a modus vivendi for families who have made poultry keeping their way of life.
“Poultry farming is not just broilers and laying hens. Ducks, geese, capons, quail… every species raised is an opportunity for rural employment and productive diversification.”
Diversified poultry farming as a competitive advantage
When poultry farming in Spain is discussed, the conversation tends to focus on the large figures of the broiler sector or on tensions in the egg market. However, duck farming for foie gras, turkey production or the tradition of the capon constitute complementary links that enrich the productive fabric and reduce dependence on a single species or product. A diversified poultry sector is a more resilient sector.
Barely ten months ago, NeXusAvicultura covered the Euro Foie Gras General Assembly held in Madrid, where Spain was positioned as the fourth-largest European producer with 525 tonnes in 2024. The decline to 494 tonnes in 2025 reflects a moderate adjustment, but the duck census has remained practically stable, suggesting that the sector retains its installed productive capacity.
New European regulatory framework
Interpalm used the forum to highlight the entry into force of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/343, which updates the marketing standards for foie gras in Europe. Enrique de Prado, president of Interpalm, noted that the regulation provides legal certainty for the sector by maintaining the minimum liver weight thresholds — 300 grams for duck, 400 for goose — and strengthening the mechanisms of protection against fraudulent practices.
“The regulation ratifies our production and reinforces confidence in the market”, Enrique de Prado, president of Interpalm.
International presence in more than 30 countries
Spanish foie gras is now marketed in more than 30 countries. In 2025, exports reached €4.2 million, distributed evenly between the European Union (€2.2 million) and non-EU markets (€2.0 million). France accounts for 36% of intra-EU sales, followed by Portugal with 9%. Outside the EU, Japan leads with 15% of exports, followed by the Dominican Republic (6%).
The holding of this forum has coincided with the close of Interpalm’s 15th anniversary, an organisation recognised as an Agri-food Interprofessional Organisation by the Ministry of Agriculture since 2010. Fifteen years dedicated to sustaining a subsector that, despite its modest size, demonstrates that in poultry farming not everything is about large volumes: sometimes, value lies in specialisation, quality and connection with the land.
Key indicators of the foie gras sector in Spain (2025)
| Ducks raised | 898,579 |
| Foie gras production | 494 tonnes |
| Processing value | €58.7 million |
| Exports | €4.2 million (>30 countries) |
| Main EU destination | France (36%) |
| Main non-EU destination | Japan (15%) |
| Production areas | Castilla y León, Navarra, País Vasco, Cataluña, Aragón |
| Regulatory framework | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/343 |
| Interprofessional organisation | Interpalm (since 2010) |
Further reading:
-. Interprofessional Association of Fatty Waterfowl (Interpalm)
-. Alternative poultry farming on NeXusAvicultura
-. European Federation of foie gras
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