Agriculture - May 2005
Year-on-year meat production continued to decrease
Publication Date: 27. 06. 2005
Product Code: r-2101-05
Meat production total (excl. poultry meat) went down 10.6 % in May year-on-year due to both decreases in pigmeat and beef production (incl. veal) by 8.9 % and 17. 4 %, respectively.
The average slaughter weight decreased 1.1 % to 587.2 kg for bulls and for pigs for slaughter (excl. sows and boars) went down 3.0 % to 105.7 kg year-on-year.
Prices of agricultural producers rose up 10.9 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year and for pigs for slaughter by 0.3 %.
Milk collection for dairies went up 2.6 % year-on-year.
Since the beginning of the year meat production total (excl. poultry meat) has decreased 17.1 % year-on-year due to both decreases in pigmeat and beef production (incl. veal) by 16.0 % and 21.6 %, respectively. A fall of meat production was compensated for a significant increase in imports of meat and animals for slaughter.
The average slaughter weight went down 0.5 % to 584.4 kg for bulls for slaughter year-on-year, in case of pigs for slaughter (excl. sows and boars) the weight fall by 3.4 % to 106.5 kg.
Prices of agricultural producers rose by 9.6 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year, in case of pigs for slaughter the same prices rose by 18.5 %.
Milk collected for dairies increased 0.2 % year-on-year.
Methodical note:
Contact person: Jiří Hrbek, phone 27405 2331, e-mail: hrbek@gw.czso.cz
Source: full survey carried out by the Czech Statistical Office, Agricultural Producer Price Indices in May 2005 (CSO).
Milk collection – full survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Date of completing data collection: 10 June 2005
Date of completing data processing: 23 June 2005
Follow up publication: 2110-04 Monthly Overview of Livestock Slaughter in May 2005 (also /1-ep-2 )
These data are final.
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