| In the year 2000 egg
world production was about 50 million tons. Last year, there
were near 5,000 million hens from what 300 million were in
the EU. There were 35 million hens in Spain. Spanish regions
featuring the largest amount of hens were Catalonia, Castilla-León
and Castilla-La Mancha.
Laying hens and egg production in Spain.
|
Year |
Layers
(thousand poultries) |
Egg
production
(Million dozens) |
|
1965 |
37.368 |
485,0 |
|
1970 |
42.627 |
662,0 |
|
1974 |
40.101 |
703,3 |
|
1980 |
51.878 |
974,7 |
|
1985 |
49.010 |
931,2 |
|
1990 |
49.171 |
957,8 |
|
1991 |
46.882 |
916,5 |
|
1992 |
44.331 |
869,1 |
|
1993 |
39.781 |
771,2 |
|
1994 |
44.246 |
870,1 |
|
1995 |
40.720 |
833,2 |
|
1996 |
36.399 |
743,3 |
|
1997 |
38.466 |
787,7 |
|
1998 |
37.032 |
757,2 |
|
1999 |
37.231 |
768,1 |
|
2000 |
35.312 |
722,5 |
(Source: Department of Agriculture, Fish and Food) |
