England Abattoir Numbers
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| SIZE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH PIG ABATTOIRS IN 2017 |
|---|
| Size Group |
Abattoir |
Total |
Average |
Throughput |
| |
Numbers |
Throughput |
Throughput |
Share |
| head |
|
head |
head |
% |
| 1-10,000 |
77 |
214,203 |
2,782 |
2.5 |
| 10,001-30,000 |
16 |
263,581 |
16,474 |
3.0 |
| 30,001-100,000 |
8 |
391,764 |
48,971 |
4.5 |
| 100,001-500,000 |
4 |
697,783 |
232,594 |
8.0 |
| >500,001 |
8 |
7,137,687 |
892,211 |
82.0 |
| Total |
112 |
8,705,018 |
77,723 |
100.0 |
| ABATTOIRS IN ENGLAND |
|---|
| |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
| Red meat abattoirs |
|
|
|
|
|
| All red meat abattoirs |
193 |
186 |
192 |
188 |
184 |
| Pig abattoirs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total pig abattoirs |
119 |
115 |
116 |
118 |
112 |
|
| Pig slaughterings (000 head) |
8,326 |
8,517 |
8,967 |
9,008 |
8,705 |
| Average throughput (000 head) |
70.0 |
74.1 |
77.3 |
76.3 |
77.7 |
|
| Specialist pig abattoirs* |
15 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
15 |
|
| * Included in total pig abattoirs |
| Source: AHDB Pork |
| Last updated 5 July 2018 |
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