Germany is exporting less and less meat

Meat exports, including meat products, fell by 6.9% last year. to 2.9 million tons, and meat imports fell by 4.5 percent. up to 2.0 million tons. Total meat production in Germany fell by 8.1% last year. up to 7.0 million tons. Significantly smaller meat exports, with the exception of poultry In 2022, almost 2.9 million tons of meat and meat products were exported from Germany, mostly to other EU countries. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this means a decrease of 6.9 percent compared to 2021. Over the past five years, meat exports have fallen by a total of 19.3 percent. In 2017, almost 3.6 million tons of meat were exported from Germany. In particular, pork, which in 2022 accounted for almost 1.5 million tonnes, or 50.5 percent. of German meat exports, has been exported much less frequently in the last five years. The amount of pork exported decreased by 20.4% between 2017 and 2022. Beef exports fell by 11.4% over the same period. to over 254,000 tone. On ...