December 19, 2012

Australia's 2011 poultry meat production volume was 8.7% higher than the previous year.

Overall gross livestock slaughter value was AUD13,730.7 million (US$14.4 billion) in Australia in 2011-12, down from AUD13,762.1 million (US$14.5 billion) the previous year, according to 'Agricultural Commodity Statistics 2012', the annual report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).

However, the value of poultry meat produced was AUD2,078.1 million (US$2.2 billion), up slightly from AUD2,077.2 million (US$2.2 billion) the year before.

At 546.8 million, the number of poultry slaughtered in 2011 was 6.8% higher than the previous year. Average dressed weight was up slightly to 1.9 kilogrammes so total production increased 8.7% to exceed one million tonnes for the first time.

Exports in 2011 were up 27%, following a dip in a generally upward trend in volume in 2010.

Total consumption of poultry meat in Australia in 2011 is 975,000 tonnes, 7.8% higher than the previous year, taking per-capita average uptake up from 40.8 kilogrammes to 43.3 kilogrammes per year.