Irish CSO Reports
27 July 2012
Irish CSO Livestock Slaughterings Review June 2012
Cattle slaughterings decreased by 22.1% in June.
The number of cattle slaughtered in June 2012 was 22.1% lower than in June
2011. See Table 1 and graph.
A further comparison of June 2012 and June 2011 slaughtering figures also
shows that:
The number of cattle slaughtered in January-June 2012 was 14.4% lower than
the corresponding 2011 period. Over the same period there was an increase of
5.1% in sheep slaughterings and an increase of 6.3% in pig slaughtering.
Comparing EU figures for the periods January-April 2012 and January-April
2011, Ireland showed a 12.8% decrease in cattle slaughterings while of the major
EU cattle producing countries, Germany recorded an increase of 2.5% . During
the same period the United Kingdom, Italy and France recorded decreases of
7.8%, 5.5% and 3.2% respectively.
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