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Stocks of frozen and chilled red meat in storage amounted to 95 373 metric tonnes in January, up 8% from a year ago, and up 20% from October 2007. Stocks of poultry meat amounted to 57 975 metric tonnes in January, up 25% from a year earlier but down 12% from October 2007.
This release contains details for various cuts of pork, beef, veal, poultry, mutton and lamb as well as fancy meats at the Canadian level. At the regional level it contains totals for the red meats. This release also contains the holdings of imported meat at the national level for the same periods.
Available on CANSIM: tables 003-0081 and 003-0082.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 3423.
The January 2008 issue of Stocks of Frozen and Chilled Meats, Vol. 2, no. 4 (23-009-XWE, free) is now available. From the Publications module of our website, under Free internet publications, choose Agriculture.
For more information or to order data, call Client Services (toll-free 1-800-465-1991). To enquire about the concepts, methods and data quality of this release, contact Barbara McLaughlin (902-893-7251; barbara.mclaughlin@statcan.gc.ca), Agriculture Division.
