In 2019 France maintained the volume of pigs slaughtered compared to the previous year, with 2.2 million tons carcass weight, 0.9% more than in 2018.
The average carcass weight was 93.2 kg. The fattening pig was 0.5 kg heavier than in 2018 and 1 kg heavier than the average of the last five years. The high demand for exports and exceptional price of pork made it possible to optimize fattening.
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Better performance offset the relative stability of the number of head slaughtered: more than 23.5 million pigs, a level close to that of 2018 (+ 0.2%). This stabilization was already observed in 2018 (+0.2% in number of animals and +0.4% in weight compared to 2017).
January 24, 2020/ Agreste/ France.
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