Meat Production: Q3/2015 (NSO - National Statistics Office of Malta)

(Source: NSO - National Statistics Office of Malta) News2015_214.indd 20 November 2015 | 1100 hrs | 214/2015 In the third quarter of 2015, meat production and producer value decreased by 4.2 and 7.8 per cent respectively when compared to the corresponding period in 2014. Meat Production: Q3/2015 In the third quarter, meat production went down by 4.2 per cent to 2,518 tonnes. This was due to drops of 11.8 and 10.7 per cent in the production of pigmeat and beef. On the other hand, an increase of 10.2 per cent was registered in the production of broiler meat (Table 2). Lower beef production resulted from a 10.4 per cent drop in the number of slaughtered cattle. Slaughtered pigs decreased by...