Agriculture - December 2004
Decrease in meat production continued in December
Publication Date: 27. 01. 2005
Product Code: r-2101-04
Meat production total (excl. poultry meat) went down 15.2 % in December year-on-year due to both decreases in pigmeat and beef production (incl. veal) by 15.9 % and 11.8 %, respectively.
The average slaughter weight decreased 1.2 % to 577.6 kg for bulls and by 4.8 % to 105.2 kg for pigs for slaughter (excl. sows and boars) year-on-year.
Prices of agricultural producers rose by 9.1 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year and for pigs for slaughter by 33.8 %.
Milk collection for dairies went up 0.1 % year-on-year.
Since the beginning of the year meat production total (excl. poultry meat) has gone down 8.8 % year-on-year due to both decreases in pigmeat and beef production (incl. veal) by 8.4 % and 10.6 %, respectively.
The average slaughter weight has fallen by 0.6 % to 586.2 kg for bulls for slaughter year-on-year and for pigs for slaughter (excl. sows and boars) by 1.1 % to 107.7 kg.
Prices of agricultural producers have risen by 4.2 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year since the beginning of the year and by 10.1 % for pigs for slaughter.
Milk collected for dairies has decreased 1.4 % year-on-year since the beginning of the year.
Methodical note:
Source: full survey carried out by the Czech Statistical Office, Agricultural Producer Price Indices in December 2004 (CSO).
Milk collection – full survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Date of completing data collection: 10 January 2005
Date of completing data processing: 25 January 2005
Contact person: Jiří Hrbek, phone 27405 2331, e-mail: hrbek@gw.czso.cz
Follow up publication: 2110-04 Monthly Overview of Livestock Slaughter in December 2004 (also /1-ep-2 )
These data are final.
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