Although Germany kept its role as the main European pork producer, with a total of 5.56 million tonnes, and a slight increase in comparison with 2015 (+1.0%), Spain, the second producer, stood out with a total production of 4.05 million tonnes, that entailed an increase by 204,300 tonnes (+5.3%) with respect to 2015.
Pork production also rose notably in absolute value terms in Italy (+58,300 tonnes), Poland (+56,900 tonnes), Hungary (+22,500 tonnes), United Kingdomo (+20,900 t), France (+20,200 t) and Netherlands (+16,500 t). On the other hand, Belgium and Denmark suffered decreases by 63,800 tonnes and 32,100 tonnes, respectively.
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The USA, the third pork world producer after China and the EU, accumulated a total production of 11.3 million tonnes, that entail an important increase in comparison with 2015 (+198,400 tonnes, +1.78%).
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March 2017/ 333's editorial department based on data from Eurostat.