Pork reigns supreme on Estonian tables

Over the past year, Estonians have started to eat more meat. The basis of their diet is pork. Much less poultry and beef are eaten there. Lamb is extremely rare on Estonian tables, also due to the high prices of this type of meat. In 2020, the people of Estonia ate 104,000 tonnes of meat. Its total consumption over the last year was 2% lower than in the previous year. Pork is preferred. Last year, each inhabitant of the country ate an average of 40 kg of this meat. Poultry (27.2 kg per year per person) and lamb and goat meat, 0.5 kg per person, came in second. The country lacks its own pork reserves - they only meet 75 percent of domestic demand. We do not produce as much as is necessary to meet all consumer needs. We import some of the meat from Poland, Germany, Lithuania and other countries. It can be said that the Estonian market is rather scarce and the production volume needs to be increased, says Malle Lind, public relations specialist at the Estonian Chamber of Commerce for ...