OTTAWA
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May 19, 2023
(press release)
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Stocks of frozen and chilled meats in cold storage facilities totalled 143 737 tonnes as of April 1, 2023, an increase of 3.8% compared with January 1, 2023. However, the stocks were down 9.9% from April 1, 2022. Stocks of frozen and chilled pork continued to make up the largest proportion of frozen and chilled meats in cold storage facilities in Canada (83 731 tonnes), followed by stocks of frozen and chilled beef (39 547 tonnes). Higher hog slaughter throughout the first quarter of 2023 compared with the previous quarter may have contributed to a 6.4% increase in stocks of frozen and chilled pork in cold storage facilities as of April 1, 2023, when compared with January 1, 2023. However, stocks of frozen and chilled pork as of April 1, 2023, were down 10.7% compared with April 1, 2022, possibly due to lower hog slaughter in the second half of 2022 compared with the second half of 2021. As of April 1, 2023, stocks of frozen and chilled beef fell 4.4% compared with January 1, 2023. A decline in cattle slaughter in the fourth quarter of 2022 that continued into the first quarter of 2023 may have contributed to this decline. Compared with the same period in the previous year (April 1, 2022), stocks of frozen and chilled beef decreased by 10.0%. Higher beef exports in the fourth quarter of 2022, compared with the fourth quarter of 2021, may have contributed to this year-over-year decrease. Quebec held 45.2% of the stocks of frozen and chilled pork (37 885 tonnes) nationally as of April 1, 2023, while Ontario held 45.0% of the stocks of frozen and chilled beef (17 787 tonnes).
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