FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 992, 7 June 1930, Page 31

FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Lamb, Mutton And Beef Exports Show Increase The latest returns of the New Zealand Meat Producers Board for the six months of the current season ended March 31, reveal some interesting features, says the bulletin of the Department of Industries and Commerce. Substantial increases in the exports of all classes of frozen meat are recorded, except in the case of pork. As compared with the figures for the corresponding period of last season, exports of lamb increased by 254,147 carcases, mutton by 190,136 carcases, beef by 13,390 quarters, and boneless beef by 4195 Pork shipments, on the other hand, show a decrease of 20,368 carcases. The increase in exports of beef is mainly accounted for by larger shipments to London —44,470 quarters as against 9954. On the other hand, there has been a noticeable decrease in shipments to America, New York taking only 1411 quarters as against 24,147 quarters last season. Similarly, the increased shipments of mutton and loinb went mainly to London. The reduction in exports of pork is chiefly accounted for by smaller shipments to the West Coast ports of the United Kingdom. The Meat Board reports returns of killings in the Dominion for the October -March periods of 1929 and 1930 to he as follow: Killings 1929-30 1928-29 Beef (quarters) .. .. 106,098 01,417 V,'ether mutton (carcases) 1,091,008 831,562 Ewe mutton (carcases) 789.174 465,038 Lamb (carcases) .. 4,429,019 4,039,659 Pork (porkers) (carcases) 53,062 73,316 Pork (baconers) (careases) 25,814 39,346 i Boneless beef (frt. carcases) 123,795 80.175 | .Sundries (carcases) .. 79,314 48,584 As will he observed from the above table, killings of slock for export show large increases in every class cxcepl pork, which shows a reduction in the current season of 34,119 carcases. Beef shows ail increase of 41,681 quarters, million 581,242 carcases, and lamb 389.360 carcases. The stocks of frozen meat in coo! stores in the Dominion as at March 31, 1929, and 1930, compared as follow: Stocks 1929-30 1925-29 Beef (quarters) .. .. 38,318 25,662 Wether mutton (carcases) 517,749 366,511 Ewe mutton (carcases) 459,215 238,819 Lamb (carcases) .. 1,111,284 1,364,413 Pork (porkers) (carcases) 11,919 27,212 Pork (baconers) (carcases) 7,683 16,179 Boneless beef (frt. carcases) 50,323 80,068 Sundries (carcases) .27,333 15,307