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Red Meat Market Information

HORSE MEAT EXPORTS

IN METRIC TONNES	1998					1997					% Change
IN METRIC TONNES	France	Italy	Japan	Other	TOTAL	France	Italy	Japan	Other	TOTAL	% Change
TOTAL	4550	1964	3276	3676	13466	4112	2641	3863	3226	13842	-3
Carcasses	450	69	46	575	1140	350	0	109	498	957	19
Cuts Bone-in	3630	1463	1256	1623	7972	3320	2137	1205	1397	8059	-1
Cuts Boneless	397	432	1970	1420	4219	442	504	2541	1262	4749	-11
Offal	73	0	2	58	133	0	0	1	46	47	183
Other	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	7	23	30	-93

IN METRIC TONNES	1996					1995					% Change
IN METRIC TONNES	France	Italy	Japan	Other	TOTAL	France	Italy	Japan	Other	TOTAL	% Change
TOTAL	4024	2662	3507	2786	12893	3933	2993	4103	2034	13063	-1
Carcasses	306	19	23	553	901	438	3	25	233	699	29
Cuts Bone-in	3352	2359	967	1534	8212	3135	2721	1286	1340	8482	-3
Cuts Boneless	364	284	2445	655	3748	359	269	2713	456	3797	-1
Offal	2	0	24	1	27	1	0	75	5	81	-67
Other	0	0	48	43	5	0	0	4	0	4	25

HORSES SLAUGHTERED IN FEDERALLY AND PROVINCIALLY INSPECTED ESTABLISHMENTS

	NUMBER					AVERAGE WARM CARCASS WEIGHTS (in kg)
MONTHS	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
YEAR	59691	59584	63457	64519	64402	288	298	296	301	300
January	4281	4837	4315	4774	5906	295	304	300	305	317
February	4108	4282	4498	4744	5023	285	317	300	295	301
March	6039	5326	5673	6206	5308	280	299	292	302	306
April	5019	4722	5321	4875	5212	286	302	301	302	300
May	4609	4211	5560	5116	5037	285	293	291	293	297
June	5469	5497	6094	6357	4878	290	298	291	293	300
July	3637	3871	4659	3979	5382	288	302	297	302	305
August	4038	4458	4121	4264	4822	288	295	293	303	294
September	6795	6666	6715	7044	5553	282	290	290	302	287
October	4444	4974	5134	5504	6427	301	291	293	310	295
November	5280	5065	4891	5454	5143	296	286	296	291	301
December	5972	5675	6476	6202	5711	283	293	307	311	301

SOURCE: CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY, ANIMAL HEALTH DIVISION