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EU pig meat consumption rising

31 Mar 2016

• 31 Mar 13:00

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The average person in the EU consumed 40.9kg of pig meat in 2015, the largest amount since 2011.Per capita consumption fell between 2011 and 2013 but has now increased for two years in a row, rising by over a kilo in two years. The increase comes as rising EU production was only partly offset by higher exports.Nevertheless, growing export sales meant the EU’s self-sufficiency rate rose from 110% to 112% (i.e. it produced 12% more pig meat than it consumed).Despite the overall increase, the latest figures show stagnant or declining consumption in many of the Member States in the North and West of Europe, including Germany, France and the. Read more...