INCREASED MEAT EXPORTS

Southland Times, Issue 23634, 8 October 1938, Page 19

INCREASED MEAT EXPORTS

END OF SHIPPING SEASON RECORD KILLINGS OF LAMBS \ Increases in all classes of meat shipped from New Zealand, except frozen beef, and a record for lambs for the export season which closed at the end of last month, are indicated by figures issued by the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board for the Hi months ended September 15. The number of lambs exported during the period to September 15 was 9,000,367, only 187,002 carcasses short of last season’s record of 9,187,369. With 135,986 carcasses already loaded in vessels not departed from New Zealand, it is probable that a new record will be established.

Exports of chilled beef for the 11J months period at 234,646 quarters are already well in excess of the full total for last season of 201,105 quarters. Mutton shipments also are already 108,731 carcasses above the total of 1,800,570 carcasses’for the whole of last season.

Pork shipments to September 15 at 635,207 carcasses were over 5000 more than those in a sipiilar period last year, and the past season’s total of 667,104 carcasses should be exceeded. Boneless beef shows a big increase. Exports for the llj months were 346,142 bags,' against only 299,413 bags for the whole of last season. Frozen beef shipments continue to decline steadily. Total exports from October 1, 1937, to September 15 in the past two seasons are as follows:—

1937-38 1936-37 Lamb (carcasses) 9,000,367 9,072,805 Mutton (carcasses) 1,909,301 1,721,842 Chilled beef (quarters) 234,646 194,891 Frozen beef (quarters) 157,906 176,048 Pork (carcasses) 635,207 - 630,197 Boneless beef (bags) 346,142 283,890 Stocks in stores in. New Zealand at September 15 were generally higher, porkers being the only class which was lower than last year.