Report on the trade in refrigerated beef, mutton and lamb

Bibliographic data

Monograph

Identifikator:: 1800540760

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-185131

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report on the trade in refrigerated beef, mutton and lamb

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1925

Scope:: vi, 65 Seiten; Ill., graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

Usage license:: Get license information via the feedback formular.

Chapter

Document type:: Monograph

Structure type:: Chapter

Title:: Chapter I. Statistical

Collection:: Economics Books

America, and of chilled beef from South America. Diagrams* C, D, E and F (pp. 62 to 65) show the quantities of chilled beef, frozen beef, mutton and lamb, respectively imported into the United Kingdom from each of the principal supplying countries during the past twenty years. Diagrams C and D show the importance of South America in our beef supplies; South America is, at present, the only source of chilled beef imports. A small experimental shipment of chilled beef was sent by the S.S. Port Darwen from Melbourne in May, 1925, and efforts are being made, or may be anticipated, to supply chilled beef from Canada and New Zealand; these are, however, but interesting possibilities. Diagrams C and D, read together, show that chilled beef is increasing on British markets and frozen beef declining---the year 1924 recording the heaviest chilled and the lightest frozen beef imports since 1919. The decrease in frozen beef imports is due not only bo increasing facilities at the disposal of chilled beef importers for the sale of their produce, but also to the increasing demand for frozen beef in continental countries. Diagram E shows the growing importance of South America as a supplier of mutton and also the uncertainty of Australian supplies. The low shipments from Australia in 1924 were due bo the: effects of drought. New Zealand supplies reached their peak in 1921 and have since declined sharply. Perhaps the most interesting feature is the correlation between South American and Australian supplies in recent years; when Australian ship- ments have been low, those from the Argentine have tended apwards and vice versa. South America is, at present, the principal supplier of frozen mutton to this country. Diagram F shows not only the importance of New Zealand as a supplier of lamb, but also that during recent years shipments of this commodity have increased. The growing importance of South American shipments of lamb is of interest. In South America, considerable attention has been paid, in recent years, to breeding for the trade; the effect is shown in the increased totals over-the last four years, which have been round about two million carcases. As in the case of mutton, Australian supplies show . wide fluctuations; similarly, the decline in Australian lamb supplies in 1924 was due to drought. Total lamb imports have considerably increased in recent years, whilst mutton imports have declined ; this is due not only to the greater popularity of lamb, but also to the fact that lamb production gives a quicker turnover to the pastoralist as he is able to realise good prices after a few months’ feeding; moreover, holding sheep for wool during the past four years has been a more paying business than feeding for mutton and has been the rule. The total mutton and lamb imports by weight are still considerably less than the total imports of beef. | Cr) % After ficures prepared bv Messrs. W. Weddel & Co.

Access restriction

Copyright

fullscreen: Report on the trade in refrigerated beef, mutton and lamb

Monograph

Chapter

Table of contents

Download

Monograph

Chapter

This page

Image fragment

Citation links

Citation recommendation