Germany: NRW production of vegetarian and vegan foods in 2020 is 71 percent higher than a year earlier

Published 2021년 9월 30일

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In 2020, North Rhine-Westphalian manufacturing companies in Germany saw a significant increase in the production of vegetarian and vegan food preparations, with a production volume of 10,982 tons and a value of 38.5 million euros, a 70.7% and 57.9% increase from the previous year respectively. The production of soybeans and oats also saw a surge, with imports of soybeans increasing by 57.5% and oats by 12.0%. The cultivation area for soybeans more than quadrupled between 2016 and 2020, leading to a significant increase in harvested soybeans. However, there is an expected decrease in the acreage for soybeans for 2021, and while the preliminary provisional harvest of oats in 2021 is higher than in 2020, it is lower than in 2015.

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09/30/2021 | 11:09:00 | ID: 31062 | Department: Agriculture | agricultural economics Düsseldorf (agrar-PR) - In 2020, nine North Rhine-Westphalian manufacturing companies produced 10,982 tons of vegetarian and vegan food preparations (e.g. vegetarian spreads, tofu products and vegetarian sausage alternatives) worth 38.5 million euros and Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen as the State Statistical Office on the occasion of World Vegetarian Day on October 1, 2021, the production volume was 70.7 percent and the production value 57.9 percent higher than a year earlier. Last year, 83,700 tons (+ 38.7 percent compared to 2019) made vegetarian and vegan food preparations worth 375 million euros (+37.4 percent). North Rhine-Westphalian farms accounted for 13.1 percent of the nationwide production volume. Imports of soybeans to North Rhine-Westphalia also increased compared to 2016 and 2020: the imported amount of soybeans rose by 57.5 percent from 85,562 tons to 134,803 Metric tons. Soybeans ...

Source: Agrar