France and Belgium closed 2023 with sharp falls in pork production

As preliminary data from the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) shows, production in France fell by 4.2% year-on-year to 2.06 tonnes of pork, the lowest figure so far during the 21st century. 21.84 million pigs were slaughtered, 4.9% less than in 2022. In the case of Belgium, the drop in the census and the large number of piglets exported to Spain led to the number of slaughters in the country being reduced by 11% ...