Germany: Slight increase in meat production in first semester of 2024

According to preliminary data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), German slaughterhouses produced almost 3.4 million tons of meat in the first half of 2024, an increase of 1.3% compared to the same period last year. A total of 24 million pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, and horses, and 344.3 million chickens, turkeys, and ducks were slaughtered in the first half of 2024. For the first time since 2016, there was a slight increase in pork production in the first half of the year In the first six months of the year, German slaughterhouses slaughtered 21.9 million pigs, a small increase of 0.4% (+78,100 head) compared to the previous year. Of these pigs, 96.6% (21.2 million) were of domestic origin (+0.4% or +86,600 head compared to the previous year) and the remaining 734,000 head were of foreign origin (-1.1%). Therefore, the proportion of pigs of foreign origin in the total number of pigs slaughtered was 3.4% in the first half of 2024. The amount of pork produced in the ...