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The statistics were corrected 12 October 2015.
Decrease in production of poultry
A total of 154 000 tonnes of meat from domestic animals were approved for human consumption during 1st half year 2015, a decrease of 7 000 tonnes from the same period last year. The decline for poultry alone was 8 300 tonnes.
Tonnes | Per cent | ||
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1st half year 2015 | 1st half year 2014 - 1st half year 2015 | 1st half year 2010 - 1st half year 2015 | |
Corrected 29 October 2015. | |||
Pig | 65 666 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
Poultry | 46 238 | -15.2 | 10.2 |
Cattle | 38 329 | -1.5 | -5.2 |
Sheep | 3 501 | -2.8 | -4.7 |
![Figure 1. Changes in meat butchered. 2014-2015 Figure 1. Changes in meat butchered. 2014-2015](/en/jord-skog-jakt-og-fiskeri/statistikker/slakt/halvaar/_image/241177.png?_encoded=2f66666666666678302f35382f&_ts=1504b40e2b8)
![Figure 2. Meat production by kind. 1st half year 2015 Figure 2. Meat production by kind. 1st half year 2015](/en/jord-skog-jakt-og-fiskeri/statistikker/slakt/halvaar/_image/241175.png?_encoded=2f66666666666678302f35382f&_ts=1504b40e6a0)
Compared with the first half of 2014, the production of meat from poultry decreased by 8 300 tonnes, while the production of meat from cattle decreased by 600 tonnes. The production of meat from pig, however, increased by 2 000 tonnes in the same period.
All together 65 700 tonnes of pork, 46 200 tonnes of poultry, 38 300 tonnes of beef and veal and 3 500 tonnes of mutton and lamb were approved 1st half year 2015.
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Berit Bjørlo
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Magnus Theodor Engh
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