FOOD
MEAT
| Edition | 16 |
| Publication Year | July, 2019 |
| Country | Greece |
| Price | 670.00€ |
Meat importers have also a significant presence in the market, mainly engaged in the imports of beef and pork meat, while as regards poultry meat the domestic production is dominant. Many importers also own a processing and standardization line, while others are involved only in trading.
The domestic production of meat has reported fluctuations over the two last decades. Particularly, over the period 2009-2013 it followed a downward trend. In the coming years (2014-2017) production was on the rise, however, it still remained at lower levels compared to the beginning of the last decade. In 2018 production registered a marginal fall (-0.8%).
Most of the total net domestic meat production is covered by poultry meat which accounted for the largest part of total domestic meat production, with a share of 52.8%, followed by pork (17.2%), sheep and goat meat (16.2%) and beef / veal meat (7.4%).
Domestic human meat consumption reported annual fluctuations. Particularly, it registered a slight fall over the period 2018/17 and particularly in 2018 consumption registered a marginal fall of 0.7%.
Import penetration in the Greek meat market amounted to 52%-54.5% over the last five years, registering a slight upward trend.
Meat exports are very limited, accounting for 9%-13% of production over the last five years. It is pointed out that in recent years (2016-2018), meat exports have reported an increase.
Pork meat has had the lion’s share in the total domestic consumption of meat up to 2017. Per capita consumption of pork meat was stable over 2014-2017, however, in 2018 it slightly dropped. In 2018, poultry meat is, for the first time, first in consumer preferences, with an increase of 2% of the annual per capita consumption of compared to 2017. Beef/veal meat and sheep and goat meat followed.