FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 170, 19 June 1936, Page 5

FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

LAMB AND MUTTON SHIPMENTS. A BIG DECREASE. Apart from a large increase in chilled beef and a small rise in pork, exports of meat from the Dominion during the eight months of the 1935-36 season ended May 31 show considerable decreases, compared with those for the corresponding period of 193435. Lamb shipments declined by 843,670 carcases, and mutton by 100, ■ 857 carcases. Shipments of frozen beef decreased by 105,687 quarters, and boneless beef by 13,915 bags. Shipments of chilled beef for the eight months totalled 98,505 quarters, an increase of 60,610 quarters, and pork increased by 24,596 carcases. The following table gives details of the meat shipments for the last eight months, the totals for the corresponding period of last year l>eing shown for comparative purposes:

Total, 1935-36 132,580 1,198,643 5,665,615 435,793 Total, 1934-35 238,267 1,359,500 6,509,285 411,197 Decrease 105,687 160,857 843,670 *24,596 ■ ’increase. In addition, 98,505 quarters of chilled beet were, shipped to London and Southampton compared with 37,895 quarters last year and 141,037 bags of boneless beef, compared with 154,052 bags. Killings of meat for export at all Dominion works during the last eight months, with the figures tor last year in parentheses, were as follow:—Chilled beef (quarters), 3855 ( —); frozen beef (quarters), 74,571 (67,721); wether mutton (carcases), 464,177 (292,285); ewe mutton (carcases), 309,176 (432,229); lamb (carcases), 309,176 (432,229); lamb (carcases), 2,274,170 (1,455,891); . pork (porkers), carcases, 185,646 (126.675); pork (baconers), carcases, 27,393 (30,466); boneless heel (freight carcases), 141,938 (112,700); sundries (freight carcases), 90,208 (74,002). Stocks of meat in cold store at May 31, those for the corresponding' date of last year being shown in parentheses, were as follow: —-Chilled beef (quarters), 104,124 (37,895); frozen* beef (quarters) 160,431 (248,334); wether mutton (carcases), 1,097,740_ (905.628); ewe mutton (carcases), 062,793 (1,103,681); lamb (carcases), 8,255,322 (8,281,986); pork (porkers), carcases, 428,270 (402.620); pork (baconers), carcases, 212,836 (144,082); boneless beef (freight carcases), 360,361 (225,881); sundries (freight carcases), 314,282 (261,400). Stocks of frozen meat loaded into vessels which had not departed from New Zealand at May 3l compare as follow:—Chilled beef (quarters), 4439 ( —); frozen beef (quarters), 8562 (23,278); wether mutton (carcases), 19,458 (13,711); ewe mutton (carcases). 12,165 (17,168); lamb (carcases), 265,689 (395,607); pork (porkers), carcases, 6495 (9079); pork (baconers), carcases, 8803 (4585).

Frozen Beet. Mutton. Lamb. Pork yrs. Cs. (Js. c*. London 97,1631,010,707 4,339,145 242,603 6 tuauipton 4,411 lb,516 Hu,ooy o0o,5od 5,206 2z,044 Liverpool 9a,152 59o,«54 Glasgow 7,2o5 lb,410 50,159 1oj,2oO Avoiunouth 3,o ib 24,4ol 241,9dd 5<s,460 Manchester 65 6,615 9d,4d/ —- CurUilf 2,2 it 2,0 (0 4d,2u9 2,181 i\uw Y'ork — — 2 — Canada (east coast ports) 200 100 6 — West ji idles — loO 150 — .balboa 20 — — — Honolulu -- — 102 6 Other Pacific Is. 53 78 116 102 Calcutta — — 22o — Colombo — — iHO — Song-Kong 20 10. 1,000 — Kobe 514 • - — — Osaka 216 — — — 1 okohama o96 50 — 6 Singapore 22 40 340