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15.07.2020
Livestock slaughtering in slaughterhouses May 2020

In May 2020 compared to the same month last year, the total number of slaughter cattle in slaughterhouses in Montenegro, decreasing 8.9% (net weight increase of 6.3%). Decrease was on total number of slaughtered sheep and pigs compared to the same month of the previous year. The total number of slaughtered poultry it is decreased.

As compared to the previous month, the total number of slaughter cattle in slaughterhouses in Montenegro increased by 2.8% (net weight increased of 4.7%). Decrease was on total number of slaughtered sheep compared to the previous month, while total number of slaughtered pigs is increased. The total number of slaughtered poultry is increased by 15.4% (net weight increased by 15.4%).

In the period from January to May 2020 was increase in the slaughter of cattle. Number of slaughtered cattle is 12 396 or 8.6% more than in the same period of 2019. Decrease in slaughter for the same period is present in sheep and pigs, while poultry increase.


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