Main pork producers in the EU in 2018

According to the latest data provided by Eurostat, as of November 2018, the accumulated yearly pork production was 21.9 million tonnes, this entailing an increase by 2.8% with respect to the same period in 2017 (+605,700 tonnes).

The first pork producer in the EU is still Germany, with 4,9 million tonnes (-1.6%), followed by Spain, with 4.16 million tonnes (+6.7%), France (2.0 million tonnes, +0.6%), Poland (1.9 million tonnes, +5.2%) and Denmark (1.47 million tonnes, +6.9%).

We must highlight the increases in some Eastern Europe countries, such as Romania (+12%), Slovakia (+18%), Bulgaria (+11%) and Latvia (+9%).

In our statistics section you will find the pork production updated data.

Thursday, February 21st, 2019/ Pig333 editorial office from data by Eurostat.