MARKET REPORT 60 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE February 2021 to Africa swine fever and a large drop in swine feed production in 2019. However, it caught the growth trend again in 2020 and continued to be in the first place on a global scale, producing 433.9 million tons with an increase of 2 percent. China, which is the largest feed producer in the world and the region, experienced significant losses in production in 2019 and fell to the second place. However, it took the lead again by increasing feed production by 5 percent to 240 million tons in 2020. In China’s production, broiler feed ranks first with 90.6 million tons. This is followed by pig feeds with 79.9 million tons, layer feeds with 34.1 million tons and aquaculture feeds with 22.2 million tons. India, the second major producer in the region, experienced a 5 percent decline in production unlike other countries. India, which produced 41.4 million tons in 2019, remained at 39.3 million tons in 2020. The biggest share in India’s feed production belongs to broiler feeds with 13.5 million tons. This is followed by 12.4 million tons of layer feeds and 10.9 million tons of dairy feeds. Production in Japan, which is the third-largest producer in the region and the eighth largest producer in the world, remained almost the same as the previous year. Layer feed production in the country was 6.4 million tons, pig feed production was 5.7 million tons, broiler feed production was 3.7 million tons. Ranking second in global feed production, Europe experienced a 1 percent decrease in production in 2020 compared to the previous year. Spain with 34.8 million tons of production, Russia with 31.3 million tons of production and Germany with 24.9 million tons of production stand out as the top three countries in Europe. In Spain, pig feed ranks first among all feed groups with a production amount of 17.2 million tons. In other feed groups, the production is between 2 and 4 million tons. Pig feed is the primary feed group also produced in Russia. In the country, 11.8 million tons of pig feed production is followed by broiler feeds with 10.8 million tons. In Germany, another important country in the region, 9.4 million tons of pig feed production is followed by dairy feeds with 5.2 million tons and broiler feeds with 4.1 million tons. North America, ranks third in global compound feed production and it grew by 1 percent in 2020 compared to the previous year. The USA, which is the leading producer in the region, took the first place in global production due to the decline in China in 2019. However, it fell to second place again with 215.9 million tons of production in 2020. In the country, around 62.9 million tons of beef feed, around 47.8 million tons of broiler feed, and 45.8 million tons of pig feed were produced. Latin America grew by 4 percent in 2020 on a regional basis compared to the previous year and produced 176.5 million tons of feed. Brazil, the largest feed producer in the region and the third-largest in the world, was the country that achieved the largest increase in feed production (among the top 10) in Top Ten Countries Country China USA Brazil India Mexico Spain Russia Japan Germany Argentina TOTAL 2019 228.9 214.4 70.4 41.4 36.5 34.8 30.3 25.3 25 21 728 2020 240 215.9 77.6 39.3 37.9 34.8 31.3 25.2 24.9 22.5 749.4 Growth 5% 1% 10% -5% 4% 0% 3% 0% 0% 7% Source: 2021 Global Feed Survey *All numbers are in million metric tons. China, the USA, Brazil, India, Mexico, Spain, Russia, Japan, Germany, and Argentina are the top 10 countries in global compound feed production. The total production amount realized by these countries represents 63 percent of global feed production.
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