Red Meat Market Information

2011 Horse Slaughter and Meat Exports

Horse Meat Exports


Horse Meat Exports 2 year comparison 2011 vs 2010
(in metric tonnes)
Category 2011 2010 % Change
Belgium France Switzerland Other TOTAL Belgium France Switzerland Other TOTAL
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Carcasses 161 135 50 333 679 - 21 - 2,800 2,821 -76
Cuts Bone-in 454 523 313 1,334 2,624 623 2,665 1,124 1,685 6,097 -57
Cuts Boneless 3,994 2,160 1,954 1,840 9,948 3,315 774 1,018 2,174 7,281 37
Offal 100 9 7 56 172 746 359 350 66 1,521 -89
Other - 1 - 65 66 - 1 - 45 46 43
TOTAL 4,709 2,828 2,324 3,628 13,489 4,684 3,820 2,492 6,770 17,766 -24


Horse Meat Exports 2 year comparison 2009 vs 2008
(in metric tonnes)
Category 2009 2008 % Change
France Italy Japan Other TOTAL France Italy Japan Other TOTAL
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Carcasses 25 - - 2,155 2,180 170 - - 2,050 2,220 -2
Cuts Bone-in 3,840 7 1,054 2,278 7,179 3,844 - 1,150 3,854 8,848 -19
Cuts Boneless 1,051 54 1,011 4,435 6,551 1,344 23 776 6,823 8,966 -27
Offal - - 14 98 112 22 - 17 71 110 2
Other 313 - 31 943 1,287 89 - 76 603 768 68
TOTAL 5,229 61 2,110 9,909 17,309 5,469 23 2,019 13,401 20,912 -17


Horse Meat Exports 2 year comparison 2007 vs 2006
(in metric tonnes)
Category 2007 2006 % Change
France Italy Japan Other TOTAL France Italy Japan Other TOTAL
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Carcasses 79 - - 353 432 - - - - - -
Cuts Bone-in 3,447 455 1,253 1,223 6,378 2,585 689 1,049 984 5,307 20
Cuts Boneless 1,410 - 898 4,358 6,666 738 - 777 2,821 4,336 54
Offal 6 - 9 31 46 24 - 15 11 50 -8
Other 40 - 130 117 287 153 13 92 154 412 -30
TOTAL 4,982 455 2,290 6,082 13,809 3,500 702 1,933 3,970 10,105 37

HORSES SLAUGHTERED


Horses slaughered in Federally and Provincially Inspected Establishments
MONTHS NUMBER AVERAGE WARM CARCASS WEIGHTS
(in kg)
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Source: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
January 3,788 7,181 8,492 7,361 7,306 336 303 294 290 290
February 5,144 8,089 8,085 6,562 5,821 329 302 291 288 283
March 5,660 9,972 8,776 8,326 8,167 308 294 253 270 277
April 5,243 8,957 7,184 7,442 7,244 320 298 242 293 273
May 5,373 10,034 7,616 6,921 7,326 313 291 287 299 278
June 6,179 11,580 8,420 7,809 8,234 308 265 295 289 268
July 4,225 8,604 5,375 6,710 5,027 318 295 310 298 282
August 6,493 7,774 6,599 5,371 7,129 294 292 283 286 280
September 9,618 12,251 10,195 9,636 9,588 294 287 290 280 277
October 8,855 8,945 7,964 8,094 8,098 293 296 296 279 274
November 9,090 8,881 7,442 7,878 7,841 289 295 280 281 274
December 9,945 10,796 7,799 6,924 7,567 300 311 296 282 301
YEAR 79,613 113,064 93,947 89,034 89,348 305 294 284 286 280