Significant drops in the activity of pig slaughterhouses in several European countries

The first Member States have already communicated to the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) the annual results of the total number of pigs slaughtered in 2022. According to a preliminary survey carried out by the Danish organization for the agricultural and food industry (L&F), the number of pigs slaughtered was 17.81 million or 3.8% less than in 2022. for slaughter in our neighboring country to the north fell by nearly 700,000 hogs or 3.8% to 17.81 million. The pig population there, last recorded in October, was 11.9 million animals, 10% less than in 2021. In Belgian slaughterhouses, 10.52 million pigs were slaughtered, 9.2% fewer animals than the previous year. In Hungary, the ...