Germany constantly reduced meat consumption in the last 5 years
The Germans have consumed an average of 55 kilos of meat last year, which represents a significant drop of 5.5 kg compared with data collected in 2016. During this time, beef consumption has dropped by 0.4 kg, pork has the largest decline - 5.7 kg per capita- while poultry had an increase of 0.7 kilos. The decline in meat consumption between 2020 and 2021 was of 2.1 kilograms, representing a drop of 1.2 kilograms of pork, 600 grams of beef, and 200 grams of poultry meat, according to the Federal Information Center for Agriculture (BZL).
The drop in consumption was accompanied by a decrease in imports of meat, meat products, and canned pork and beef (-6.8%). Imports of poultry meat remained stable. In addition, the volume of foreign trade of live animals declined again in 2021: imports fell by almost one-fifth (19.6%) across all animal species, and exports fell by 1%. Foreign trade trends impact animal slaughtering in the country: compared to 2020, 2.4% less pork was produced. For beef and poultry, production fell by 1.6%.
According to preliminary figures, in 2021 the degree of self-sufficiency in meat was 121%, an increase of 2.5%. The self-sufficiency rate for pork was 132.4% and 98.2% for beef. In the case of poultry, 96.7% of domestic demand can be met by domestic production, according to BZL data.
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