Agronomy journal, Vol. 81 No. 1, 2019.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.33128/ag.81.1.2
ANALYSIS OF THE WORLD AND CROATIAN PORK MARKET
Ivan Stupnišek
; doktorand poslijediplomskoga studija Poljoprivredne znanosti, Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Željka Mesić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9349-1560
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The aim of the paper was to determine the situation on the world and Croatian market of pig meat. The method of production and consumption balance was used to show the Croatian pig meat market according to the methodology of the Statistical Office of the European Communities, the data of the C entral B ureau o f S tatistics a nd F AOSTAT. F AOSTAT d ata w as u sed t o analyze the world and EU pig meat market. The results of the world market analysis showed that in the period from 2006 to 2016 world meat production increased by 17.2 %. In the analyzed period, the world's largest pig meat producers were China, the USA and Germany. The world's largest importers of pork are Japan, Russia, South Korea, China and Germany, and the largest exporters are USA, Germany, Canada and Denmark. The average world consumption of pork in 2016 was 12.4 kg per capita and at EU level 33 kg per capita. Most pork meat is consumed in Austria (56.15 kg/capita), Germany (54.52 kg/capita) and Spain (52.67 kg/capita). Pig meat production in Croatiahas been steadily declining since 2010, and according to available data, production fell 23 % by 2016. Between 2010 and 2016, imports of pork in Croatia increased 83 %, while imports of live pigs decreased by 23 %. In the observed period, exports of pig meat increased by 213 % and exports of live pigs increased 784 %. In 2016 Croatia imported the most pigs from the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark and exported to Italy, Hungary and Serbia. In 2016 consumption of pig meat was 45.9 kg/per capita and self-sufficiency was 55 %. Revitalization of the pig meat sector is possible by investing more in conventional production and in the specific products from domestic breeds, some of which are critically endangered.
Keywords
pork meat; market; Croatia; world
Hrčak ID:
225799
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Publication date:
9.9.2019.
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