In the first half of 2011, about 4 million tonnes of meat were produced commercially in Germany. That was an increase in production of 1.1% (+42,700 tonnes) on the same period a year earlier.
As also reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the trend of continuous strong increases in meat production, which had been observed for several years (on average +4.0% since 2005), did not continue.
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The factors mainly contributing to that development were the small increase in the slaughtering of pigs during the first half of 2011 and the decrease in cattle slaughtering.
DESTATIS/Germany.
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