Beef exports
- Approx. 80% of New Zealand’s beef is exported.
- To the year ended September 2002 bone-in export beef production
was estimated at 518,000 tonnes (Source: The
Economic Service)
- New Zealand accounts for 8% of world beef exports annually
- 70 - 75% of New Zealand beef exports go to The North American
market
- Increased focus on beef exports to North Asia, including Japan,
South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
- Beef exported to North America is usually processing beef in
frozen form
- Beef exported to North Asian countries supplies the Table beef
market in frozen or chilled form
- The average export carcass weight is approximately 260 kg (bone-in
weight)
Percentage of beef exports by destination (on
a weight basis)
for the year ended 30 September 1999
Beef industry structure
Source: Statistics New Zealand. The
Economic Service
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