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According to the data published by the GPP, during the 9 first months of 2016, the pig slaughterings have increased by 1.7% (4,205,714 heads in 2016 versus 4,136,572 in 2015). These numbers are broken down as follows: 3,337,588 fattening pigs (+0.3%), 844,213 piglets (+7.8%) and 23,913 breeders (-7.9%).
The weights at slaughter have also grown slightly (in pigs and piglets) by 0.7% and 8.8% respectively.
Regarding trade, between January and September 2016, the imports of pigs and pork decreased by 15.4%, and the exports grew by 11.1%, with a total of 161,561.9 tonnes imported in 2016 (191,062.3 tonnes in 2015) and 53,803.9 tonnes exported (48,425.9 tonnes in 2015).
Monday, 28 November 2016/ GPP/ Portugal.
http://www.gpp.pt
