Meat Association: the performance of the meat industry decreased by 2.9 percent last year

The performance of the meat industry dropped by 2.9 percent in 2017. The economic impact of the poultry flu played a decisive role in the downturn – Éder Tamás, Social President of the Hungarian Meat Association told at a press conference in Budapest on Tuesday.

He added that the performance of the sectors showed a mixed picture: the output of the meat processing and preservation sector increased by 9.8 percent, driven mainly by the 23.3 percent increase in domestic sales. The meat sector produced a total value of 746 billion forints last year. (MTI)