Press release No. 037 of 5 February 2016
WIESBADEN – In 2015, German commercial slaughterhouses achieved a new record in meat production. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that, compared with the previous year, meat production rose slightly by 0.3% (25,300 tonnes) to a total 8.22 million tonnes. This exceeded the previous record of the total quantity of meat produced commercially in 2011 (8.20 million tonnes of meat).