World pork production and its trends | Proizvodnja svinjskog mesa u svetu i njene tendencije

This paper gives the survey of world pork production, by continents and some countries. It has been found that world pork production is constantly increasing. In 2001 it amounted to 91,188,000 tons, in 2002 it was 94,186,000 tons, in 2003 it was 98,473,000 tons, in 2004 it was 100,483,000 tons and in 2005 it was 102,523,000 tons. in the period from 2001 to 2005, the world pork production trend was positive and amounted to 2,896,700 tons a year. Observed by continents, the largest pork production in 2005 was recorded in Asia (58,439,000 tons), followed by Europe (25,627,000 tons), then North and Middle America (12,751,000 tons), South America (4,372,000 tons), Africa (809,000 tons) and countries of Oceania (526,000 tons). Pork production trend in the period from 2001 to 2005 was positive in all the continents. The largest production was in Asia (Y = 46,114,000 + 2,595,000 x-expressed in tons), followed by Europe (Y = 23,254,000 + 967,300 x), then South America (Y = 2,828,200 + 354,800 x), North and Central America (Y = 11,761,300 + 205,900 x), Africa (Y = 605,900 + 47,900 x) and Oceania (Y = 499,200 + 8,800 x). The leading pork producers in 2005 were: China (50,095,000 tons), USA (9,402,000 tons), Germany (4,505,000 tons), Spain (3,310,000 tons), Brazil (3,110,000 tons), France (2,257,000 tons), Canada (1,960,000 tons), Poland (1,923,000 tons), Denmark (1,800,000 tons), Russian Federation (1,610,000 tons), Italy (1,550,000 tons), The Netherlands (1,299,000 tons), Japan (1,250,000 tons) and Belgium-Luxemburg (1,100,000 tons). Positive trends in pork production, in the period from 2001 to 2005, were shown in the following countries: Austria, Belgium-Luxemburg, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, Germany, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Japan, China, Nigeria, Canada, USA, Brazil, Chile, Australia and New Zealand. Negative trends in pork production, in the period from 2001 to 2005, were shown in the following countries: UK, France, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania.