Meat

Poultry leads meat with the highest share of total volume sales, followed by pork, then beef and veal. Lamb, mutton and goat is the least popular in Thailand. All beef, veal, lamb, mutton and goat meat is imported. Poultry has the highest consumption...

The trade tariff wars between the US and China have reached new highs, as more product groups and industries are being affected on both sides. The recent introduction of increased tariffs on agricultural commodities has left US farmers questioning ...

The fast-growing trend for high levels of protein has created tremendous opportunities for meat. Rising numbers of health conscious and active Americans are seeking to consume high-protein diets in order to stave off hunger for longer periods and to ...

Although meat consumption has traditionally been high in Australia, red meat is likely to experience relatively conservative total volume growth over the forecast period. Meat is already a mature category, while changing demographic factors and ...

The fresh food industry experienced another year of positive growth in 2017, driven by volume growth in emerging regions of Asia Pacific and Middle East and Africa. Overall, volume growth has been supported by a positive performance in all ...

In the review period, Vietnam saw an improvement in consumers’ food safety awareness, and meat was no exception. During this period, numerous issues related to low quality meat with unknown origins raised great concern amongst media channels. This ...

Being a global commercial hub, the United Arab Emirates enjoys a steady flow of foreign workers, therefore increasing consumption of fresh food, including meat. Likewise, the low international prices for meat are favourable for importing into the ...

Total volume sales of meat are expected to achieve flat growth over the forecast period. The declining consumption of lamb, mutton and goat will continue to constrain the category’s overall performance. Pork consumption is expected to recover over ...

Poultry in India is predominantly accounted for by chicken, as the vast majority of the non-vegetarian population in India love eating chicken. There are more than 10 varieties of chicken, with broiler and farm chicken being the most consumed due to ...

Vegetarianism and trends towards meat consumption reduction continued to grow in Italy during 2017. Tendencies trying to stop or reduce consumers’ meat intake have become crucial factors. Over the forecast period, organisations such as Greenpeace or ...

The main reason for the poor performance of fresh meat in 2017 was that many health bodies warned French consumers to cut back on their meat consumption. At the beginning of 2017, the French food agency, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de ...

The exchange rate of the Mexican peso against the US dollar decreased during 2017, which benefited imports of meat from the US, and, along with an increase in domestic production, the consumption of beef and veal through retail and foodservice ...

In 2017, poultry dominated total volume sales of meat in Russia. Domestic manufacturers of poultry have sufficient production facilities to fully supply the market, resulting in an extremely low dependence on imports. In conditions of economic ...

Meat continued to register steady total volume growth in 2017. Poultry is the most important source of animal protein for the majority of South Africans. Chicken remains cheaper and is considered healthier compared with red meat, whilst the majority ...

Brazil’s federal police enforced the action Operation Weak Flesh in March 2017, and as a consequence, the world’s largest beef and poultry exporter and the fourth largest exporter of pork, JBS, saw its exports drop to nearly zero within a week of the...

Within meat, beef and veal witnessed the fastest total volume growth rate in 2017, leading to a volume share increase. However, the per capita consumption of beef and veal in China is still relatively low compared with Western countries, or even some...

Meat is expected to continue to see quite a challenging environment in Germany over the forecast period. The rather bleak outlook has two main reasons. On the one hand, consumption is already at a very high level, and for this reason it is very ...

Total volume sales of meat steadily increased in 2017, and this is expected to continue over the forecast period. Although the volume consumption of fish and seafood in Japan remains high, Japanese consumers are increasingly consuming meat as a ...

Over the forecast period, total volume sales of meat are predicted to record strong growth. This is mainly due to government efforts to increase local consumption and production of meat in the country, between 2009 and 2014. Farmers were provided ...

Sales of fresh meat continued to decline in Spain in 2017, hampered by the healthy eating trend and growing concern regarding animal welfare. The announcement by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a branch of the World Health ...