Hungarian slaughterhouses slaughtered about 10 percent fewer animals last year than the year before

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Published Apr 28, 2023

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Hungarian slaughterhouses slaughtered 97.9 thousand cattle in 2022, 10.4 percent less than the previous year, 4 million 532 thousand pigs, which is a 6.9 percent decrease, and 207.8 million poultry, which is 11 percent less from 2021 - according to the summary of the Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI). The total live weight of slaughtered poultry was 634.7 thousand tons, and its cut weight (cleaned, broken down weight) was 479.9 thousand tons in 2022. The majority of poultry (84 percent) was chicken, of which 175.1 million were slaughtered, 5.8 percent less than the previous year.

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In the poultry group, goose and duck slaughter fell significantly, by 35 and 37 percent, respectively, and turkey slaughter decreased by 10 percent compared to 2021, the AKI publication wrote. The live weight of the 4.532 million pigs slaughtered by Hungarian slaughterhouse staff last year was a total of 532,000 tons, and the carcass weight was 428,000 tons, both figures were more than 7 percent lower than the previous year. Pig slaughter in live weight averaged over 44,000 tons per month, with the highest monthly value exceeding 48,000 tons in May. Within pig slaughter, the slaughter of sows fell sharply, by 25.5 percent, from 88.7 thousand to 60 thousand in the previous year, they said. 97,900 cattle were slaughtered last year. The live weight of slaughtered animals was 49.9 thousand tons, and their carcass weight was 25.7 thousand tons, the former representing a decrease of 11.5 percent and the latter 11.2 percent. Cattle slaughter in live weight averaged over 4,100 tons per ...

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