JAPAN’S LOVE FOR CHICKEN PUSHES UP JAPANESE MEAT CONSUMPTION
January 1st, 2019
JAPAN’S meat consumption rose in 2018, but only because of a rising appetite for chicken, according to data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD).
Poultry consumption was up from 16.9kg per capita in 2017 to 17.2kg in 2018, making it the only meat that experienced consumption growth in the country last year. Pork and sheep meat held steady at 15.5kg per capita and 0.1kg per capita respectively, while beef and veal meat consumption actually fell year-on-year from 7.2kg per capita to 7.1kg per capita.
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