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Increase in meat production
A total of 339 300 tonnes of meat from domestic animals were approved for human consumption in 2013; an increase of 4.7 per cent from the same period in the previous year.
Tonnes 2013 | Per cent change from | ||
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2012-2013 | 2008-2013 | ||
Pig | 127 516 | -3.1 | 3.9 |
Poultry | 104 030 | 14.1 | 23.8 |
Cattle | 83 696 | 7.3 | -3.2 |
Sheep | 23 424 | 2.8 | -2.9 |
![Figure 1. Meat production Figure 1. Meat production](/en/jord-skog-jakt-og-fiskeri/statistikker/slakt/aar/_image/170318.png?_encoded=2f66666666666678302f35382f&_ts=1451765d990)
![Figure 2. Changes in meat butchered Figure 2. Changes in meat butchered](/en/jord-skog-jakt-og-fiskeri/statistikker/slakt/aar/_image/170317.png?_encoded=2f66666666666678302f35382f&_ts=1451765d1c0)
![Figure 3. Meat production by kind Figure 3. Meat production by kind](/en/jord-skog-jakt-og-fiskeri/statistikker/slakt/aar/_image/170323.png?_encoded=2f66666666666678302f35382f&_ts=14517660488)
![Figure 4. Meat production,by county. 2013 Figure 4. Meat production,by county. 2013](/en/jord-skog-jakt-og-fiskeri/statistikker/slakt/aar/_image/170316.png?_encoded=2f66666666666678302f35382f&_ts=1451765c608)
A total of 128 000 tonnes of pork, 104 000 tonnes of poultry, 84 000 tonnes of beef and veal and 23 000 tonnes of mutton and lamb were approved in 2013.
The production of meat from poultry increased by 13 000 tonnes from 2012 to 2103, while the production of meat from cattle increased by 6 000 tonnes in the same period. Compared with 2012, the production of meat from pigs dropped by 4 000 tonnes in 2013.
Contact
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Berit Bjørlo
E-mail: berit.bjorlo@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 40 81 13 76
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Magnus Theodor Engh
E-mail: magnus.theodor.engh@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 40 81 13 40