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Tables 14.51 and 14.52 show details of slaughtering and meat production from abattoirs, and from commercial poultry and other slaughtering establishments. They include estimates of animals slaughtered on farms and by country butchers. The data relate only to slaughtering for human consumption and do not include animals condemned or those killed for boiling down.
Production of beef for 2003-04 decreased 2% to 1,998,000 tonnes.
Changing patterns in both consumer demand, and sheep and lamb supply have seen production of lamb meat exceed production of mutton for each of the past five years. In 2003-04 mutton production decreased by 18% to 220,000 tonnes and lamb production increased by 4% to 341,000 tonnes.
Significant changes have taken place in the pig meat producing industry in recent years. Capital investment and corporate takeovers have seen the emergence of a few large companies producing a significant proportion of all pig meat sold in Australia. These moves, and the trend to more intensive and efficient production techniques, have seen pig meat production rise steadily since the mid-1970s when production dipped to a low of 174,000 tonnes. In 2003-04 pig meat production decreased 3% to 406,000 tonnes.
14.51 PRODUCTION OF MEAT
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| Beef | Veal | Mutton | Lamb | Pig meat | Total red meat | Chicken meat(a) | Total poultry(a)(b) |
| ’000 tonnes | ’000 tonnes | ’000 tonnes | ’000 tonnes | ’000 tonnes | ’000 tonnes | ’000 tonnes | ’000 tonnes |
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| 1998-99 | 1,973 | 38 | 316 | 312 | 370 | 3,009 | 564 | 607 |
| 1999-2000 | 1,952 | 36 | 333 | 347 | 363 | 3,031 | 598 | 638 |
| 2000-01 | 2,086 | 33 | 348 | 367 | 365 | 3,200 | 619 | 657 |
| 2001-02 | 1,996 | 31 | 296 | 348 | 396 | 3,067 | 667 | 705 |
| 2002-03 | 2,035 | 38 | 268 | 329 | 420 | 3,090 | 690 | 726 |
| 2003-04 | 1,998 | 35 | 220 | 341 | 406 | 3,000 | 684 | 721 |
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(a) Excludes NT and Tas.
(b) Includes other fowls, turkeys, ducks and drakes.
Source: Livestock Products, Australia (7215.0). |
14.52 LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY SLAUGHTERED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
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| Cattle | Calves | Sheep | Lambs | Pigs | Chickens(a) | Other fowls(b)
and turkeys | Ducks and
drakes |
| mill. head | mill. head | mill. head | mill. head | mill. head | mill. head | mill. head | mill. head |
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| 1998-99 | 7.9 | 1.2 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 5.2 | 375.0 | 10.2 | 3.5 |
| 1999-2000 | 7.5 | 1.1 | 15.9 | 17.6 | 5.0 | 394.0 | 9.5 | 4.1 |
| 2000-01 | 7.9 | 1.0 | 16.6 | 18.6 | 5.0 | 398.9 | 8.4 | 4.0 |
| 2001-02 | 7.6 | 1.0 | 14.4 | 17.4 | 5.4 | 415.6 | 8.6 | 4.0 |
| 2002-03 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 13.7 | 16.9 | 5.7 | 419.2 | 9.2 | 4.1 |
| 2003-04 | 7.8 | 1.0 | 10.4 | 16.6 | 5.6 | 420.1 | 9.6 | 4.5 |
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(a) Excludes NT and Tas.
(b) Comprises hens, roosters, etc.
Source: Livestock Products, Australia (7215.0). |
Table 14.53 shows the gross value of livestock slaughterings over recent years. Following five years of increases, the value of slaughterings and other disposals decreased in 2002-03 by 7%.
14.53 GROSS VALUE OF LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTERINGS AND OTHER DISPOSALS
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| Cattle and calves | Sheep and lambs(a) | Pigs | Poultry | Total(b) |
| $m | $m | $m | $m | $m |
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| 1997-98 | 4,138.2 | 1,066.2 | 709.8 | 1,053.6 | 6,991.9 |
| 1998-99 | 4,476.6 | 1,053.5 | 689.7 | 1,018.5 | 7,255.8 |
| 1999-2000 | 5,048.7 | 1,053.5 | 791.7 | 1,030.8 | 7,944.2 |
| 2000-01 | 6,430.6 | 1,401.8 | 822.3 | 1,060.2 | 9,737.8 |
| 2001-02 | 7,142.4 | 2,117.6 | 967.7 | 1,174.9 | 11,434.5 |
| 2002-03 | 6,411.1 | 2,036.9 | 911.3 | 1,280.5 | 10,676.0 |
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(a) Excludes the value of wool on skins.
(b) Includes value of other livestock.
Source: Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced, Australia (7503.0). |
The largest customers for Australian beef in recent years have been the United States of America, Japan and the Republic of (South) Korea. In 2003-04 the United States of America was the main customer for Australian beef with 364,000 tonnes purchased, 3% more than the previous year's shipment. Japan was Australia's second largest customer with 332,000 tonnes purchased, up 19% on the previous year. The Republic of (South) Korea was the third largest importer of Australian beef, purchasing 81,000 tonnes.
Table 14.54 shows the volume of exports of fresh, chilled or frozen meat. Despite a 5% drop in exports in 2003-04, beef was again Australia's major meat export with shipments of bone-out beef being the major component at 848,400 tonnes. Exports of bone-in mutton in 2003-04 decreased for the third year in row, down 21% to 85,800 tonnes.
14.54 EXPORTS OF FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN MEAT
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| Beef | Veal(a) | Mutton | Lamb | Pork |
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| Bone-in | Bone-out | Bone-in | Bone-out | Bone-in | Bone-out | Bone-in | Bone-out | Meat |
| ’000 tonnes | ’000 tonnes | ’000 tonnes | ’000 tonnes | ’000 tonnes | ’000 tonnes | ’000 tonnes | '000 tonnes | ’000 tonnes |
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| 1998-99 | 61.0 | 836.6 | 1.6 | 6.1 | 114.7 | 51.4 | 71.6 | 9.3 | 16.5 |
| 1999-2000 | 44.0 | 818.4 | 1.6 | 7.4 | 120.9 | 55.5 | 86.6 | 11.1 | 39.2 |
| 2000-01 | 39.9 | 939.5 | 2.1 | 6.4 | 127.8 | 63.8 | 103.7 | 12.3 | 43.9 |
| 2001-02 | 31.7 | 891.5 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 113.9 | 52.1 | 104.6 | 13.8 | 59.0 |
| 2002-03 | 33.8 | 893.6 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 109.1 | 52.2 | 87.7 | 14.3 | 62.8 |
| 2003-04 | 28.9 | 848.4 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 85.8 | 42.3 | 99.8 | 18.1 | 50.2 |
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(a) Includes buffalo meat.
Source: Livestock Products, Australia (7215.0). |
Table 14.55 shows the number, gross weight, gross value and unit value of live sheep and cattle exported for slaughter. The number of live sheep exported for slaughter in 2003-04 decreased by 34% to 3,844,800 head. The number of live cattle exported for slaughter in 2003-04 decreased 41% to 578,800 head.
The number of live, pure-bred breeding sheep exported decreased from 12,700 in 2002-03 to 1,700 in 2003-04. During the same period the number of live, pure bred breeding cattle exported increased from 31,300 head in 2002-03 to 104,000 head in 2003-04 and the value of these cattle exports rose from $38.2m to $144.5m respectively.
14.55 LIVE SHEEP AND CATTLE EXPORTS(a)
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| Live sheep exports | Live cattle exports |
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| Number | Gross weight | Gross value | Unit value | Number | Gross weight | Gross value | Unit value |
| ’000 | ’000 tonnes | $’000 | $ | ’000 | ’000 tonnes | $’000 | $ |
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| 1998-99 | 4,958.7 | 254.9 | 181,671 | 36.64 | 713.0 | 264.7 | 342,667 | 480.57 |
| 1999-2000 | 4,858.6 | 243.3 | 180,345 | 37.12 | 845.7 | 317.1 | 432,645 | 511.60 |
| 2000-01 | 5,936.0 | 283.6 | 257,661 | 43.41 | 845.8 | 314.3 | 481,827 | 569.66 |
| 2001-02 | 6,443.2 | 318.0 | 391,705 | 60.79 | 797.0 | 293.5 | 525,535 | 659.41 |
| 2002-03 | 5,843.2 | 273.0 | 408,235 | 69.86 | 976.6 | 362.5 | 569,288 | 582.93 |
| 2003-04 | 3,844.8 | 188.4 | 266,360 | 69.28 | 578.8 | 191.3 | 315,175 | 544.53 |
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(a) Number of live animals exported, other than pure bred breeding animals.
Source: Livestock Products, Australia (7215.0). |
The article Australia's beef cattle industry provides a more detailed description of the industry and its development over the past 100 years.
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