The English first imported Landrace from Denmark in 1949 and used them in experimental studies. In 1953, further importations of registered breeding stock were officially made and the breed society was formed. It amalgamated with the National Pig Breeders' Association in 1978. Now, in turn, England has been exporting some of its best Landrace to other countries around the world. While these exports are not as numerous as England's exportations of the Large White, they are nevertheless sizable and easily second in English swine exportations of breeding stock.