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Meat production, 1st half-year 2015, preliminary figures have been withdrawn due to an error in the source figures. The new release will be published in week 42.
Fall in meat production
A total of 147 600 tonnes of meat from domestic animals were approved for human consumption during the first six months of 2013; a decrease of 1.8 per cent from the same period last year.
Tonnes | Per cent | ||
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1st half year 2013 | 1st half year 2012 - 1st half year 2013 | 1st half year 2008 - 1st half year 2013 | |
Pig | 59 599 | -7.8 | -2.7 |
Poultry | 46 053 | 4.9 | 14.7 |
Cattle | 38 144 | 0.6 | -10.8 |
Sheep | 3 440 | -1.5 | -2.9 |
![Figure 1. Changes in meat butchered. 2012-2013 Figure 1. Changes in meat butchered. 2012-2013](/en/jord-skog-jakt-og-fiskeri/statistikker/slakt/halvaar/_image/150120.png?_encoded=2f66666666666678302f35382f&_ts=1427f2f5630)
In total, 59 600 tonnes of pork, 46 100 tonnes of poultry, 38 100 tonnes of beef and veal and 3 400 tonnes of mutton and lamb were approved during the first half year 2013.
Compared with the first half of 2012, the production of meat from poultry increased by 5 per cent, while the production of pork decreased by 8 per cent.
Contact
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Berit Bjørlo
E-mail: berit.bjorlo@ssb.no
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Magnus Theodor Engh
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