Bulgaria Beef

Facts about beef in Bulgaria

• By the end of the year- Bulgaria will register its highest per capita consumption of meat in the last 11 years- according estimates based on recent data.
• Meat demand of the households has been increasing steadily for the entire 2002-2011 period. The average amount of meat per person in a household has reached 32 kilograms in 2011 – 53% more in comparison with 2002.
• Forecasts show that the consumption of meat per household is to grow up to 38 kilograms per year from the current level of 32 kilograms- provided that a 3% yearly growth of GDP is achieved during the 2015-2020 period;
• Veal and lamb meat consumption on the internal market will continue to decline in 2013 and will keep its relatively steady low levels in the next few years;
• Household consumption is influenced directly by the increase of wealth of the population (and the tendency of eating outside) as well as the capabilities of family farms.