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For the full year of 2023, the UK produced 927,400 t of pig meat, an 11% year-on-year decline and the lowest annual volume recorded since 2018.
Carcass weights have been lower throughout 2023 compared to 2022, averaging 89.1kg. However, the predominant driver in reduced pig meat production comes from a sharp fall in the number of pigs slaughtered, not weight.
For the full year, clean pig kill in 2023 fell 10% year on year to 10.06 million head, the lowest annual clean pig kill in a decade (in 2013 the UK clean pig was 10.05 million head).
Sow and boar kill has also fallen in 2023, down 15% year on year, likely due to the contraction seen in the UK pig herd throughout 2022 and 2023.
January 19, 2024/ AHDB/ United Kingdom.
https://ahdb.org.uk
