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II. Historical evolution and (baseline) prospects for the

Romanian sector

Summary: Figure 4. Recent developments for pig meat consumption per capita (2010-2019)
Pig meat consumption per capita has
exhibited positive rates of growth over the Pig Meat consumption per capita
4.500
period 2014-2019, reaching the average 35 4,500
EU-28 level in 2018 of around 32kg/year. 4.000
4,000
An estimate of ‘backyard’ production is 30
3,500
also reported in Figure 4. The number of 25 3.500
backyard slaughterings in 2018 shows a 3,000
3.000
low due to a temporary low number of 20
2,500
sows in that year. From 2019 onwards, 2.500
2.000
consumption per capita of pig meat is 15 2,000
expected to stabilise. 1,500
1.500
10
1,000
1.000
5 500
500
0 0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
EU28 meat cons. Capita(kg/year, rwe)
RO meat cons. Capita(kg/year, rwe)
Source: EU and national statistics (2019 is estimated) Slaughterings (backyard) - 1,000 heads

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