Total meat consumption in France increased by 1.3% in 2025. At the same time, imports continued to grow and now account for around 35% of all meat consumption in the country.
Against this backdrop, pork showed a noticeable recovery in demand. Following a 1.4% increase in 2024, apparent pork consumption rose by a further 2.7% in 2025, reaching 2.172 million tonnes in carcass-weight equivalent.
Per capita pork consumption stood at 31.5 kg in carcass-weight equivalent. By comparison, poultry consumption reached 31.7 kg per person. Pork and poultry therefore remain the two most consumed types of meat in France.
The increase in pork demand partly offset declining consumption of beef and lamb. As a result, total consumption of meat from slaughter animals increased by only 0.3%.
French Households Are Buying More Pork
The positive trend is also reflected in retail purchases for home consumption. In 2025, French households purchased 944,000 tonnes of pork and pork products, including fresh and frozen meat, processed products and deli meats.
This was 1.7% more than a year earlier. At the same time, the average price of pork fell by 1.4%.
Pork accounted for 46.3% of the total volume of meat purchased by French households.
Purchases of certain product categories increased particularly strongly. Sales of pork loin rose by 5%, while its average price remained virtually unchanged, declining by just 0.1%.
The volume of ham purchased increased by 1.7%, supported by a 3.5% fall in the average price. Sales of other deli meats rose by 0.2%, while their average price declined by 0.6%.
The strongest growth was recorded for coarsely ground sausages, the vast majority of which are pork-based: consumption increased by 6.9%.
Imports Account for Nearly One-Third of Consumption
At the same time as demand is increasing, France is becoming more dependent on imported pork.
In 2025, pork imports rose by 3.9%, following an increase of 1.6% a year earlier.
As a result, foreign supplies now account for around 29% of total pork consumption in France.
Thus, more affordable prices are supporting the recovery in pork demand, but an increasing share of this growth is being met by imports.
PigUA.info, based on materials from 3tres3.com