Between January and September 2019

Egg production, livestock slaughtherings and landed catch registered a year-on-year growth while poultry meat decreased

According to the data collected by the Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira from the aviculture enterprises in the Region, in the first nine months of 2019, the egg production stood at 15.0 million units, increasing by 12.7% year-on-year while the poultry meat totaled 2,344.0 tonnes, dropping by 2.6% when compared to the same period of 2018. The year-on-year change rates for the 3^rd quarter 2019 for egg production and poultry meat were -4.2% and -3.8%, respectively.

Between January and September 2019, the weight of the slaughtered livestock increased by 4.5% year-on-year. The year-on-year growth for the 3^rd quarter stood at +3.2%.

The data on landed catch, provided by the Regional Directorate of Fisheries, show that the volume of fish landed topped 7,274.3 tonnes, which generated 19.8 million euros in receipts. Compared to the same period last year, this represented an increase in the first nine months of 2019 of 29.1% in volume and of 34.2% in first sale receipts.

This growth was mainly driven by the contribution of the catch of tuna and tuna-like species (+44.6% in volume and +75.3% in value, compared to the same period of 2018). The second most important species - black-scabbard fish - had also an increase in volume (+3.7%), but the sales declined by 6.3%

In the reference period, the mean value of fish landed was €2.74 (€2.64 in the same period of 2018), with the average price for tuna and similar reaching €2.55 (2.10€ in the first nine months of 2018). In the case of  the black scabbardfish the mean value was €3.42 (€3.78 in the same period of last year). Please note that these ratios exclude the unloaded fish destined for self-consumption.

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