Agriculture - November 2004
Y-o-y decrease in meat production slowed down
Publication Date: 28. 12. 2004
Product Code: r-2101-04
Year on year decrease in meat production slowed down in November compared to the previous two months. Meat production total (excl. poultry meat) went down 6.7 % year-on-year due to both decreases in pigmeat and beef production (incl. veal) by 6.7 % and 6.6 %, respectively.
The average slaughter weight decreased 1.6 % to 575.0 kg for bulls and by 4.1 % to 107.0 kg for pigs for slaughter (excl. sows and boars) year-on-year.
Prices of agricultural producers rose by 8.4 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year and for pigs for slaughter by 15.9 %.
Milk collection for dairies went up 0.5 % year-on-year.
Since the beginning of the year meat production total (excl. poultry meat) has gone down 8.2 % year-on-year due to both decreases in pigmeat and beef production (incl. veal) by 7.6 % and 10.5 %, respectively.
The average slaughter weight has fallen by 0.6 % to 586.9 kg for bulls for slaughter year-on-year and for pigs for slaughter (excl. sows and boars) by 0.8 % to 107.9 kg.
Prices of agricultural producers have risen by 3.8 % for bulls for slaughter year-on-year since the beginning of the year and by 8.3 % for pigs for slaughter.
Milk collected for dairies has decreased 1.5 % 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 November 2004 (CSO).
Milk collection – full survey conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Date of completing data collection: 10 December 2004
Date of completing data processing: 23 December 2004
Contact person: Jiří Hrbek, phone 27405 2331, e-mail: hrbek@gw.czso.cz
Follow up publication: 2110-04 Monthly Overview of Livestock Slaughter in November 2004 (also /1-ep-2 )
These data are final.
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