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HORSE MEAT EXPORTS

IN METRIC TONNES	2007					2006					% Change
IN METRIC TONNES	France	Italy	Japan	Other	TOTAL	France	Italy	Japan	Other	TOTAL	% Change
TOTAL	4,950	455	2,266	6,030	13,701	3,817	699	1,933	4,026	10,475	31
Carcasses	79	-	-	337	416	-	-	-	-	-
Cuts Bone-in	3,415	455	1,253	1,209	6,332	2,656	686	1,049	984	5,375	18
Cuts Boneless	1,410	-	887	4,336	6,633	738	-	777	2,877	4,392	51
Offal	6	-	9	31	46	28	-	15	11	54	-15
Other	40	-	117	117	274	395	13	92	154	654	-58

IN METRIC TONNES	2005					2004					% Change
IN METRIC TONNES	France	Italy	Japan	Other	TOTAL	France	Italy	Japan	Other	TOTAL	% Change
TOTAL	3,616	769	1,838	3,725	9,948	4,202	900	1,641	3,464	10,207	-3
Carcasses	9	-	-	101	110	37	-	-	1	38	189
Cuts Bone-in	3,036	652	1,028	1,068	5,784	3,484	805	857	1,082	6,228	-7
Cuts Boneless	528	23	630	2,499	3,680	580	24	682	2,294	3,580	3
Offal	-	71	17	-	88	2	24	13	23	62	42
Other	43	23	163	57	286	99	47	89	64	299	-4

IN METRIC TONNES	2003					2002					% Change
IN METRIC TONNES	France	Italy	Japan	Other	TOTAL	France	Italy	Japan	Other	TOTAL	% Change
TOTAL	5,703	887	1,445	2,679	10,714	5,581	1,862	1,439	2,701	11,583	-8
Carcasses	532	46	-	1	579	978	95	-	131	1,204	-52
Cuts Bone-in	4,282	723	813	827	6,645	3,722	1,596	795	1,090	7,203	-8
Cuts Boneless	864	24	595	1,810	3,293	862	92	598	1,468	3,020	9
Offal	-	48	31	1	80	2	46	8	-	56	43
Other	25	46	6	40	117	17	33	38	12	100	17

HORSES SLAUGHTERED IN FEDERALLY AND PROVINCIALLY INSPECTED ESTABLISHMENTS

	NUMBER					AVERAGE WARM CARCASS WEIGHTS (in kg)
MONTHS	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
YEAR	59,853	51,610	48,715	50,067	79,613	314	319	324	317	320
January	4,965	4,404	3,894	3,804	3,788	308	328	336	318	334
February	5,041	4,184	3,637	3,672	5,144	307	329	338	327	328
March	5,385	5,495	3,830	4,475	5,660	317	330	336	324	306
April	4,734	4,174	3,950	4,093	5,243	321	318	318	322	318
May	5,513	4,114	4,102	4,822	5,373	307	306	325	320	312
June	5,434	4,828	4,243	4,472	6,179	304	309	322	318	na
July	4,492	3,448	3,281	3,929	4,225	328	326	332	321	na
August	4,173	3,409	3,638	3,773	6,493	306	321	323	296	na
September	5,560	4,593	4,731	4,570	9,618	309	312	311	301	na
October	5,069	4,251	4,403	4,308	8,855	314	313	304	317	na
November	4,285	4,173	4,927	4,345	9,090	323	322	327	311	na
December	5,202	4,537	4,079	3,804	9,945	323	318	327	332	na

SOURCE: CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY, ANIMAL HEALTH DIVISION