England Abattoir Numbers
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| SIZE ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH PIG ABATTOIRS IN 2012 |
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Abattoir |
Total |
Average |
Throughput |
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Numbers |
Throughput |
Throughput |
Share |
| head |
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head |
head |
% |
| 1-10,000 |
79 |
250,398 |
3,170 |
3.0 |
| 10,001-30,000 |
21 |
396,203 |
18,867 |
4.8 |
| 30,001-100,000 |
7 |
368,116 |
52,588 |
4.5 |
| 100,001-500,000 |
7 |
1,668,544 |
238,363 |
20.3 |
| >500,001 |
7 |
5,540,798 |
791,543 |
67.4 |
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| Total |
121 |
8,224,059 |
67,967 |
100.0 |
| ABATTOIRS IN ENGLAND
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| Red meat abattoirs |
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| All red meat abattoirs |
250 |
246 |
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233 |
226 |
224 |
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198 |
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| Pig abattoirs |
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| Total pig abattoirs |
166 |
164 |
164 |
155 |
147 |
143 |
140 |
131 |
128 |
124 |
125 |
121 |
| Pig slaughterings (000 head) |
8,753 |
8,217 |
7,259 |
7,302 |
7,147 |
7,222 |
7,386 |
7,367 |
7,130 |
7,345 |
7,769 |
8,224 |
| Average throughput (000 head) |
52.7 |
50.1 |
44.3 |
47.1 |
48.6 |
50.5 |
52.8 |
56.2 |
55.7 |
59.2 |
62.2 |
68.0 |
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| Specialist pig abattoirs* |
19 |
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20 |
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14 |
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| * Included in total pig abattoirs |
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| Last updated: 4 April 2013 |
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