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EU beef production forecast lower in 2020
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
The European Commission has just published the latest edition of its short-term outlook for agricultural markets, reflecting the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. As of 2020 the outlook refers to the EU27, excluding the UK.
Production of beef is expected to fall compared to 2019, by a greater extent than was forecast in the spring. This reflects reduced demand from foodservice due to COVID-19 lockdown measures, as well as lower cattle supplies. The dry spring is also expected to have restricted forage supplies, and so lighter carcase weights are expected, as producers decide to slaughter earlier to ease feed pressure.
The Commission forecasts that EU27 beef exports will grow by 2%, and imports will fall by 7% year-on-year. The fall in imports is expected due to lower animal and meat availability for export in key supplier countries.
COVID-19 has accelerated the expected fall in domestic consumption, which is now forecast to fall by nearly 3% year-on-year.
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