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Increase in meat production
A total of 159 900 tonnes of meat from domestic animals were approved for human consumption during the first half of 2016; an increase of 4 per cent from the same period last year.
Tonnes | Per cent | ||
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1st half year 2016 | 1st half year 2015 - 1st half year 2016 | 1st half year 2011 - 1st half year 2016 | |
Pig | 69 311 | 5.5 | 7.7 |
Poultry | 47 592 | 2.9 | 14.6 |
Cattle | 39 156 | 2.1 | -3.4 |
Sheep | 3 616 | 3.3 | 0.9 |
![Figure 1. Changes in meat butchered. 1st half year 2015 - 1st half year 2016 Figure 1. Changes in meat butchered. 1st half year 2015 - 1st half year 2016](/en/jord-skog-jakt-og-fiskeri/statistikker/slakt/halvaar/_image/281762.png?_encoded=2f66666666666678302f35382f&_ts=157e0b97100)
![Figure 2. Meat production by kind. 1st half year 2016. Per cent Figure 2. Meat production by kind. 1st half year 2016. Per cent](/en/jord-skog-jakt-og-fiskeri/statistikker/slakt/halvaar/_image/281761.png?_encoded=2f66666666666678302f35382f&_ts=157e0b96d18)
In total, 69 300 tonnes of pork, 47 600 tonnes of poultry, 39 200 tonnes of beef and veal and 3 600 tonnes of mutton and lamb were approved during the period.
Compared with the first half of 2015, the production of meat from pig and poultry increased by 3 600 tonnes and 1 400 tonnes respectively. In the same period, the production of meat from cattle increased by 800 tonnes.
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