April 20, 2009

 

China Feb '09 frozen beef exports down from year-ago level
 

 

China exported 585,000 tonnes of frozen beef valued at US$2.766 million in February 2009, a fall from the year ago period.

 

Meanwhile, the export in January-February reached 1.72 million tonnes, valuing at US$8.39 million.

 

Following is a table showing the export from 2004 to February 2009, released by the General Administration of Customs:
 
Year
Cumulative quantity ('000 tonnes)
Change y-o-y (percent)
Cumulative value
(US$ million)
Change y-o-y (percent)
2004
20
75.80
30.33
103.90
2005
20
22.50
41.503
36.80
2006
30
43.70
64.158
54.60
2007
30
3.20
79.318
23.60
 
 
 
 
 
Year (2008)
Cumulative quantity ('000 tonnes)
Change y-o-y (percent)
Cumulative value
 (US$ million)
Change y-o-y (percent)
January
2,184
-19.80
7.896
20.90
February
3,528
-26.80
12.739
9.30
March
5,911
-4.50
21.759
45.00
April
7,826
-8.70
29.168
39.40
May
10,169
-9.70
38.653
39.10
June
12,329
-10.90
47.472
38.00
July
14,463
-16.50
57.485
32.30
August
16,432
-17.70
66.505
31.40
September
18,683
-13.60
76.994
37.70
October
20,427
-12.00
84.865
38.50
November
21,342
-15.50
88.975
30.40
December
22,729
-19.80
95.504
20.40
 
 
 
 
 
Year (2009)
Cumulative quantity ('000 tonnes)
Change y-o-y (percent)
Cumulative value
(US$ million)
Change y-o-y (percent)
January
1,135
-48.80
5.624
-28.80
February
1,720
-51.20
8.39
-34.10

 

Also, China exported 2.277 million tonnes of dairy valued at US$3.38 million in February 2009, a decrease from the year ago period.

 

Meanwhile, the export in January-February reached 9.629 million tonnes, valuing at US$24.046 million.

 

Following is a table showing the export from 2008 to February 2009, released by the General Administration of Customs:
 

Year (2008)

Cumulative quantity ('000 tonnes)

Change y-o-y (percent)

Cumulative value
(US$ million)

Change y-o-y (percent)

January

92,560

30.30

19.334

103.30

February

173,370

26.70

37.098

107.70

March

28,587

30.50

59.991

103.90

April

39,209

32.60

84.756

109.60

May

47,393

24.10

101.171

88.50

June

59,144

18.60

129.657

76.50

July

75,414

16.30

175.394

75.30

August

89,365

10.60

213.891

64.20

September

108,862

14.90

275.347

73.40

October

109,898

2.40

277.472

50.40

November

114,328

-4.50

285.566

35.60

December

120,633

-10.40

301.703

24.50

 

 

 

 

 

Year (2009)

Cumulative quantity ('000 tonnes)

Change y-o-y (percent)

Cumulative value
(US$ million)

Change y-o-y (percent)

January

7,353

-20.60

20.666

6.90

February

9,629

-44.50

24.046

-35.20

Video >

Follow Us

FacebookTwitterLinkedIn