Meat (Global Market)

2022: 2.9% increase in meat production to 274.3 million tonnes

According to the USDA estimate, global meat production reached 274.3 million tons in 2022, up 2.9% from a year earlier. The 2022 figure is a record for 2017-2022. and exceeds production in 2017 by 6.1%. At the same time, in 2021, the market showed higher growth rates (+ 5.5%). This study was published in August 2023.

It follows from it that pork is in first place in the structure of world meat production. In 2022, according to the USDA, its production volumes are estimated at 113.8 million tons, which is 5.7% higher than 2021. Outbreaks of African swine fever in 2019-2020. had a huge impact on the volume of pork production and consumption in the world. In 2019, the world leader - China produced 11.5 million tons of pork less than in 2018, and in 2020 the volume of Chinese production decreased by another 6.2 million tons.

Over the past six years, poultry meat has shown the most stable growth rates of production, the volumes of which in 2022 are estimated at 101.1 million tons, which is 0.6% higher than the result of a year ago, according to a report published in August 2023.

Global beef production is generally showing positive dynamics. A decrease in production due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was observed only in 2020. In 2022, production volumes are estimated at 59.4 million tons, which is 1.7% higher than in the previous year.

The world leader in beef production is the United States. USDA analysts estimated that in 2022, beef production in the United States amounted to 12.9 million tons, which is 1.3% higher than in 2021.

The second place in the structure of world beef production is occupied by Brazil. In 2022, the volume of production in this country is estimated at 10.4 million tons, which is 6.2% higher than the volume of 2021.

Beef Market Research - Agroexport