Self-sufficiency rates are falling in the 27 EU countries and the UK

The contraction in pork production in the 27 EU countries and the UK will continue in 2023, with an expected decline of 3 to 4 percent on an annual basis. That is what Rabobank says. In the period January-October 2022, production in the 27 EU countries and the UK fell by 5.1 percent on an annual basis. This was due to a decrease in production in Germany by 10 percent, in Poland by 9 percent, in Denmark by 5 percent, in Spain by 2 percent, in France by 2 percent and in the Netherlands by 0.5 percent. It is remarkable that in the same period pork production in the United Kingdom increased by 2 percent, mainly due to heavier carcass weights. But due to a significant shrinkage in the sow herd – a 15% year-on-year decline in June 2022 – production in the UK will also ...