Average retail price for pork chops in Canada 2015-2020
The average retail price for one kilogram of pork chops was 11.71 Canadian dollars in December 2020 in Canada. Monthly prices have gradually decreased within the given time period. A high of 13.26 Canadian dollars per kilogram was recorded in October 2015, whilst prices did not rise above 12.6 Canadian dollars throughout the whole of 2020.
The Canadian pork market
The volume of pork produced in Canada has steadily increased over the past four years, reaching around 2.17 million metric tons in 2019. More than half of this volume was exported in the same year . Unsurprisingly, the United States was Canada’s biggest pork trading partner in 2018, receiving approximately 347,000 metric tons, followed by China and Japan in second and third places.
Pork consumption
Despite increasing pork production in Canada, consumption is declining. In 2019, it was forecast that per capita consumption would reach around 22.3 kilograms, a decrease in over 10 kilograms since the 1980s.
The Canadian pork market
The volume of pork produced in Canada has steadily increased over the past four years, reaching around 2.17 million metric tons in 2019. More than half of this volume was exported in the same year . Unsurprisingly, the United States was Canada’s biggest pork trading partner in 2018, receiving approximately 347,000 metric tons, followed by China and Japan in second and third places.
Pork consumption
Despite increasing pork production in Canada, consumption is declining. In 2019, it was forecast that per capita consumption would reach around 22.3 kilograms, a decrease in over 10 kilograms since the 1980s.
