Increase of pig slaughterings in Portugal in 2015
15.03.2016
The preliminary data published by the GPP of the National Statistical Institute (INE) regarding the pig herd between January and December 2015 shows an increase by 4.95% in the number of slaughtered pigs (5,637,954 in 2015 versus 5,371,797 in 2014).
These figures can be broken down as 4,466,203 fattening pigs (+2.77% in comparison with 2014); 1,138,010 piglets (a rise 15,4%) and 33,741 culled sows.
Regarding the trade in terms of tonnes, in 2014 the imports fell by 4.54% (from 250,662 tonnes in 2015 to 262,590 tonnes in 2014), and the exports rose by 3.2% (from 73,096 tonnes in 2015 to 70,884 tonnes in 2014).
Pig333
