MEAT EXPORT TRADE

Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1934, Page 24 (Supplement)

MEAT EXPORT TRADE

FIGURES FOR OCTOBER INCREASED BEEF SHIPMENTS. The October shipments to Great Britain of prime beef in quarters totalled 43,720, compared with 3602 quarters during October, 1933, according to the returns of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board. Last year at this period beef was being held in store pending the removal of the restriction, on export to Great Britain at the end of the month. This is also reflected in the stocks in hand in the Dominion at October 31 of this year, which totalled 21,533 quarters, against 145,189 quarters at the same date a year ago. . Shipments of mutton to Great Britain In October totalled 90,154 carcases, compared with 56,113 carcases in Octotter, 1933. The lamb shipments were 92,246 carcases and 76,725 carcases respectively. There was a slight decline in the shipments of pork from 40,575 carcases in October, 1933, to 39,386 carcases last month.. No bags of boneless beef were shipped, while during the same month a year ago the total was 17,339 bags. Killings of stock for export during October, in comparison with those of October, 1933, were as follows:1934 iy<s«j Beef (quarters) Wethers (carcases) 3,248 ' 5,901 Ewes (parcases) £lll Lamb (carcases) 47,910 92,604 Porkers (carcases) 41,224 18,499 Baconers (carcases) U,B6Z »,»u» Boneless Beef (frt. c/cs.) 800 14,003 Sundries (frt. c/cs.) 24,477 41,875 The separate killings at North and South Island works were as follows, the figures for the previous season being given in parentheses;— North Island:—Beef (quarters), 777 (420); wethers (carcases), 3248 (5901); ewes (carcases), 1098 (2919); lamb (carcases), 47,910 (92,603); porkers (carcases), 40,271 (17,945); ' baconers (carcases), 1L590 (8808); boneless beef (freight carcases), 800 (13,665); sundries (freight carcases), 17,595 (32,587). South Island:—Beef, - (-); wethers, - (-); ewes, 13 (-); lamb, - (1); porkers 953 (554); baconers, 272 (—); boneleJ beef, - (338); sundries, 6882 (9288).. The total amount of meat in store ,in New Zealand at the end of October, with that in hand at October 31, 1933, in parentheses,- was as follows:—Beef (quarters), 21,533 (145,189); wethers (carcases), 9017 (6272); ewes (carcases), 2343 (7132); lambs (carcases), 28,834 (62,863), porkers (carcases), 23,806 (11,559); baconers (carcases), 10,040 (8878); boneless beef (freight carcases), 178,242 (22 693); sundries (freight carcases), 71,135 (121,361). Stocks in ships not departed from New Zealand at October 31 compare as foblows:—Beef, 16,877 (-); wethers, 3302 (786); ewes, 6346 (2269); lamb, 3143 (22,539); porkers, 12,539 (1252); baconers, (), Shipments of meat from Australia and South America during October were as follows:—Australia: Carcases mutton, 54,328; carcases lamb, 421,760; quarters beef (frozen), 43,685. South America: Carcases mutton, 4473; carcases lamb, 405,192; quarters beef (frozen), 2 lli, quarters beef (chilled), 448,373.