Meat manufacturing in Germany fell considerably once more in 2023. In step with initial knowledge from the Federal Statistical Administrative center (Destatis), slaughterhouses produced 6.8 million heaps of meat in 2023, down 4% (-280,200 t) from the former yr. German meat manufacturing has due to this fact fallen for the 7th consecutive yr since its top in 2016 (8.25 million t). A complete of 47.9 million head of pigs, farm animals, sheep, goats, and horses, in addition to 702.2 million chickens, turkeys, and geese had been slaughtered in slaughterhouses in 2023.
As for swine, 43.8 million head had been slaughtered in 2023, representing a 7% drop (-3.3 million head) in comparison to the former yr. The collection of home pigs slaughtered fell by means of 7.7% to just about 42.3 million head. Then again, the collection of imported pigs slaughtered higher by means of 19.5% to at least one.5 million head.
In general, slaughterhouses produced round 4.2 million t of beef in 2023, a lower of 6.8% (-306,500 t) in comparison to the former yr. In comparison to the document yr of 2016, round 1.4 million t much less beef used to be produced in 2023, which corresponds to a lower of greater than 1 / 4 (-25.1%).
February 7, 2024/ Destatis/ Germany.
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