Survey of EU cattle populations in December 2003 and production forecasts for 2004

European Commission Eurostat

Description

Agriculture and fisheries
Animal production

Sujets

• Livestock
• Cattle
• Primary sector of the economy
• Sciences et techniques

Informations

• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-EUROSTAT
• Nombre de lectures: 15
• Langue: Finnish

Extrait

Statistics

in focus

AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES

THEME 5  14/2004

C o n t e n t s Continuing declining stocks in 2004 ............................................ 1

Decline in cattle production..... 1

 Manuscript completed on: 20.04.2004 ISSN 1562-1340 Catalogue number: KS-NN-04-014-EN-C © European Communities, 2004

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The December 2003 cattle livestock surveys in the European Union (EU-15) and the Acceding Countries show that the cattle population continues to fall slowly. Cattle numbers for the EU-15 are 1.4% lower than they were for the corresponding period in 2002.

Continuing declining stocks in 2004

The December survey estimates the total number of cattle in the EU-15 at 77.4 million. This means that the EU-15 accounts for just under 6% of the world cattle population, which according to the FAO (FAOSTAT) totalled 1.37 billion animals in 2003. At national levels, the changes ranged from -3.4 % in both Denmark and Finland, to +8.9% in Greece. Amongst the Acceding Countries, the changes ranged from -4.9% in Slovenia to +4.2% in Lithuania.

Decline in cattle production

Gross indigenous cattle production also showed a downward trend. Production is estimated to be about 26.1million for 2004, representing a fall of -1.2 %. This figure relates to animals actually reaching the market, and excludes animals that have been removed, for example, because of BSE. 15000

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Figure 1: EU-15 gross indigenous production from 2001 to 2004.

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