Pork meat consumption in the EU increased in 2016
Total production of pig meat in the EU increased to 23.4 million tons in 2016, with an average consumption per capita of 45.9 kilograms. The pig meat consumption per capita increased by one kilogram and a half last year compared to 2006.
However, this year the appetite for pork decreased in the EU. In the first six months of 2017, the number of pig slaughterings decreased by 2.7 million heads compared to the first half of 2016 (-2.1%). Half of this decrease was driven by reductions registered in Germany (-700,000), France (-426,000) and the United Kingdom (-296,000).
Germany and Spain were the biggest pork producers in the EU in 2016, with 59.4 million slaughterings, and 47.7 million heads respectively. They were followed by France (23.8 million, 9%), Poland (21.8 million, 8%), Denmark (18.2 million, 7%), the Netherlands (15.4 million, 6%), Italy (11.8 million, 5%), Belgium (11.2 million, 4%) and the United Kingdom (11.0 million, 4%).
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