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Pork production in the UK down in June

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UK's pork production in June reached 71,800 tonnes, down 1% compared with a year earlier, according to latest figures from Defra, says the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).

Posted on Jul 23 ,06:21

Pork production in the UK down in June

The small decline in output is likely influenced by the additional week day in June 2017, and on a like-for-like basis, production would still have been higher.

Nonetheless, according to AHDB analyst, Bethan Wilkins, supplies in recent months have been tighter than earlier in the year. Production was less than 1% above year earlier levels across May-June, compared to a 6% growth in the first four months of the year.

"The modest decline in absolute production during June was driven by a 2% drop in clean pig slaughterings, which totalled 831,700 head. England and Wales recorded the largest decrease (-3%, -22,000 head), while throughputs in both Scotland and Northern Ireland were actually up slightly when compared with June 2017, by 9% (+2,000 head) and 2% (+3,000 head) respectively," Wilkins added.

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