Portugal: pig slaughterings in the first semester of 2018.

According to the data published by the GPP and provided by the INE, in the first half of 2018, in Portugal the number of slaughtered animals has increased by 1.8% in comparison with the first half of 2017.

The data show that the total number of slaughtered animals reached 2,645,372 (2,599,274 in 2017), itemised as follows: 2,103,758 fattening pigs (+0.6%), 525,172 piglets (+5.9%) and 16,442 breeders (+49%).

The weight at slaughter also increased by 2.2%, as an average, with a rise by 1,7% in the case of the fattening pigs, by 4.9% for the piglets and by 47.7% for the breeders.