Belarus increases pork output by 3 percent; poultry by 17 percent

Pork production in Belarus was almost 152,000 tonnes in 2008, three percent up on the previous year, while poultry meat production was up 17 percent to almost 129,000 tonnes in 2008.

Meat production, including by-products of the first grade totalled to 459,080 tonnes, up 6.4 percent in 2008 in Belarus, according to a National Statistics Committee (Belstat) report.

Beef production grew by 2.7 percent to 163,781 tonnes; pork production was up 3 percent to 151,732 tonnes, and poultry production increased by 17 percent to 128,927 tonnes.

Sausage product manufacturing in 2008 grew by 10.5 percent compared to 2007 to 243,121 tonnes. Cooked sausage manufacturing amounted to 88,933 tonnes, up 5.8 percent from 2007, and cooked smoked sausage production reached the rate of 8,751 tonnes, up 21.1 percent.

Pork, beef, and poultry product manufacturing increased by 35.4 percent to 33,429 tonnes.

Ready-to-cook meat product manufacturing totalled 70,980 tonnes, up 14.6 percent from 2007.

Canned meat production grew by 10.8 percent to 33.8 million standard cans, and edible animal fat production was up 5.4 percent to 12,940 tonnes.