Germany's meat production has seen a 4.0% decline in 2023, marking the seventh year of consecutive decrease since 2016. The production fell from 8.25 million tons in 2016 to 6.8 million tons in 2023. The number of pigs slaughtered, particularly of national origin, also fell by 7.7%, although there was a 19.5% increase in the slaughter of imported pigs. This has resulted in a 6.8% decrease in pork production, bringing it down to around 4.2 million tons.
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Meat production in Germany fell again significantly in 2023. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), according to preliminary results, slaughterhouses produced 6.8 million tons of meat in 2023, which represents 4.0% or 280.2 thousand tons less than in the previous year. This means that national meat production fell for the seventh consecutive year since its peak in 2016 (8.25 million tons). After slight declines since 2017, meat production fell by 8.1% in 2022 compared to the previous year, and now meat production has fallen again, significantly, in 2023. A total of 47.9 million pigs, cattle, sheep, goats and horses as well as 702.2 million chickens, turkeys and ducks were slaughtered in German slaughterhouses in 2023. Pigs: slaughter volume fell by 6.8% With 43.8 million head slaughtered in 2023, the total number of pigs slaughtered fell by 7.0% or 3.3 million compared to the previous year. The number of pigs of national origin slaughtered fell 7.7%, to almost ...
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