Meat production in Germany fell in the first half of 2023
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According to preliminary data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Germany produced just under 3.3 million tonnes of MEAT in the first half of 2023, down 5.9% compared to the same period last year. In total, 23.6 million HEAD of pigs, cattle , sheep, goats and horses were slaughtered , as well as 343.9 million head of chickens, turkeys and ducks.
In the first six months of 2023, 21.6 million pigs were slaughtered in Germany, representing a decrease of 2.2 million animals slaughtered (-9.2%). The number of animals slaughtered of domestic origin amounted to 20.9 million animals, down 10% (a year earlier: 23.2 million). Also, 741.3 thousand animals of foreign origin were sent for slaughter, which is 19.6% more than in the same period last year (619.7 thousand animals). Thus, the share of pigs of foreign origin in the total number of slaughtered pigs was 3.4% (last year: 2.6%).
Pork production has been in continuous decline since 2017. The volume of pork production in the first half of 2023 decreased by 9.4% (-213 thousand tons) compared to the same period last year, amounting to 2.1 million tons.
Despite a significant decline in production, pork has for many years accounted for the largest share of meat production in Germany. In the first half of 2023, 62% of meat produced was pork , followed by poultry (23.2%) and beef (14.5%). Sheep, goat and horse meat accounted for only about 0.4% of total production.
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