The Russian embargo brought down Belgian pork production by 6%
According to market observers, the stabilization of the Belgian pork production is expected in the 4th quarter of 2017 and a status quo beginning in 2018. Mr. Maillard explained that this could be followed by a slight increase in production.
"Home consumption is eroding slightly as this has been the case the last years. Remember that we are, as the other West European countries big consumers of pork, operating in a mature declining consumption market," added Mr. Maillard.
Talking about the vegan trend which started to be popular in the past years, Rene Maillard said that it does not yet affect significantly the meat consumption in Belgium, but that it is clear that the meat sector has to be very cautious regarding the long trend.
"Veganists and vegetarians count only for 2% of the consumers. But they behave as missionaries trying to achieve that people cease to eat meat. And we must admit that they succeed in attracting a lot of media interest. Because for the media everything that is not normal and sensational has news value. And news value is what counts for the media: they have to sell their product too!", added Mr. Maillard.
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