Pig slaughter born in Germany - 25% of the animals in Germany. Germany battle capabilities extend well above the level of domestic production of slaughter pigs. In recent years, the supplies of finished pigs at slaughter from neighbouring EU countries ranged between 7.1 to 9.9% of the total slaughter. Shipments of live animals come primarily from the border areas of the Benelux countries and Denmark. The imported finished mast animals are but unevenly spread over the regions. In Bavaria and Hessen is the share below 0.01%, Baden-Württemberg imports about 2.3%. The shares are between 1% and 2.6% in the new Länder . Schleswig-Holstein puts it in 6.4% with focus from Denmark. The two largest areas in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia with together more than 55% of all slaughter in Germany from wise shares ranging from 8.5 to 10.5%. Expressed in absolute figures it's approximately 1 million animals per six months and State. Rheinland-Pfalz has the highest percent of imports with average 15%. In absolute terms, this involves approximately 100,000 animals per half year. In the first part of the year 2016, the import figures in this State have even doubled. The focus of supplies comes from Belgium. For the 1st half of the year 2016 pig slaughter in Germany have declined % of domestic origin approximately 346,000 animals or - 1.27. The increase in foreign deliveries of approximately 216,000 animals compensated total of the slaughter only to the part. If you share of the pigs from imported pigs with about 18% share on the total volume of piglets, taking into account the loss rates in the fattening phase to expects, then the proportion of pigs with foreign origin on about 25% increase. The central location of in Germany focusing on finishing in the Northwest to the adjacent foreign production areas is an essential prerequisite for the development of these relations. The result speaks well for an high efficiency of the German slaughter and processing industry.
