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According to the data of the Pig Bulletin published by the Ministry of Agroindustry, in 2016 a total of 5,986,561 heads were slaughtered. This entails an increase by 8,3% with respect to 2015 (5,523,715 heads).
Regarding pork production, it reached 518,538 tonnes (carcass weight), 7.26% more than in 2015, when it reached 438,437 tonnes.
Regarding consumption, it has gone from 11.43 kg per inhabitant and year in 2015 to 12.54 kg, an increase by 9.68%.
March 2017/ Pig Bulletin December 2016/ Ministry of Agroindustry/ Argentina.
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