EXPORT OF MEAT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 79, 2 March 1938, Page 4

EXPORT OF MEAT.

LARGER SHIPMENTS MADE. ALL-ROUND INCREASES. Substantially larger quantities of . all classes of meat, with the exception of pork, have been exported from New Zealand in"" the first four and a. half months of rhe current season than in the same period last season. Marked advances are shown in frozen and boneless beef, according to figures supplied by the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board. Heavier lamb killings are reflected in a rise of over 46.000 carcases in the amount shipped to overseas markets. For the first half of the current month 418,768 carcases have been shipped. The earlier decline in mutton has been arrested, and total shipments arc now over 81,000 carcases higher than last year. ' Exports from October 1, 1936, lo February 15 compare as follows with those of the same period last season: —

Boneless beef (bags) ... 85,364 43,332 A comparison of killings shows that works arc operating at much greater pressure than last year, and the following table shows that increases are evident in every class: —■

Stocks ashore and afloat also point to considerable activity in the industry, and practically without exception the accumulated -stocks are much heavier than last ■year. Pride of place is easily held by lamb, 1,800,204 carcases being in store, against 1,785,233 carcases last year.

1937-38 1936-37 Chilled beef (quarters) 73,108 67,030 Frozen beef (quarters) 4b,72b 38,048 Mutton (carcases) 4b4,8b4 382,206 Lamb (carcases) 2,209,131 2,162,938 Fork (carcases) 240, 747 245,101

1937-38 1936-37 Chilled beef (quarters) 83,120 67,157 Frozen beef (quarters) 19,678 9,671 Wethers (carcases) 389,881 253,533 Ewes (carcases) 402,899 103,805 Lambs (carcases) 4,542,083 4,290,304 Porkers (carcases) 178,785 164,052 Baconers (carcases) 142,511 150,018 Boneless beef (freight carcases) 158,658 76,590 Boneless bobby veal (carcases) 73.161 70,313 Sundries (carcases) ... 120,683 103,772