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The German Pig Producers’ Association (ISN), has just published the ranking of the main German abattoirs Germany in 2017.
Although the slaughter of pigs in Germany has dropped by 2.4% (57.90 million heads in 2017 versus 59.35 million in 2016), the slaughter of pigs in the 10 main abattoirs has increased by 3.3%. As shown in the table, in all the main slaughterhouses except Vion, the number of slaughtered pigs has risen, with the important increase shown by Willms Gruppe (+45.8%) and Danish Crown (+20.7%) standing out.
Tönnies still holds the first place, with a share of 28.7%, a total of 16.6 million heads slaughtered and an increase by 2.5% with respect to 2016. Vion, although showing a decrease by 4.2% with respect to 2016, keeps the second place, with a share of 14.7%. It is followed by Westfleisch in the third place, with 8.26 million pigs slaughtered and an increase by almost 3% in comparison with 2016. These three abattoirs control more than 57% of the total slaughters, whilst the 10 main abattoirs control almost 80% of the total pigs slaughterings in Germany.
| Abattoir | Millions of heads | Share (%) | Variation versus 2016 (%) |
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| 2016 | 2017 | |||
| Tönnies | 16.20 | 16.60 | 28.7% | 2.5% |
| Vion | 8.87 | 8.50 | 14.7% | -4.2% |
| Westfleisch | 8.04 | 8.26 | 14.3% | 2.8% |
| Danish Crown | 3.00 | 3.62 | 6.3% | 20.7% |
| Müller Gruppe | 2.10 | 2.15 | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Böseler Goldschmaus | 1.77 | 1.78 | 3.1% | 0.6% |
| Tummel | 1.55 | 1.55 | 2.7% | 0.1% |
| Willms Gruppe | 0.96 | 1.40 | 2.4% | 45.8% |
| Simon | 1.04 | 1.07 | 1.8% | 2.9% |
| Manten | 0.85 | 0.92 | 1.6% | 8.2% |
| Top-10 total | 44.38 | 45.85 | 79.2% | 3.3% |
| Germany total | 59.35 | 57.90 | 100% | -2.4% |
Monday, April 16th, 2018/ ISN/ Germany.
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