General situation of the international lamb market in the first half of 2002

Introduction: new page 1 in the first half of 2002, the supply of mutton in the international market decreased, resulting in the rise of prices D6y according to the Research Report of January 2002 issued by the wool Bureau of Uruguay, from January to May 2002, the export volume of Australian mutton reached 111700 tons, down 9.9% from the same period of 2001) Among them, the export of adult mutton is 6.57 million tons, down 15.4% from the same period in 2001 Lamb exports were 46000 tons, down 0.9% from the same period in 2001 In previous years, the United States was the largest buyer of Australian lamb, but in the first five months of 2002, the United States imported only 8300 tons of lamb from Australia, a decrease of 35.8% over the same period in 2001 D6y Australia's mutton exports to South Africa also declined significantly In 2002, Australia exported 35000 tons of mutton to South Africa, but the export situation was quite poor because the South African government increased the import tariff of mutton in 2002 D6y in the first half of 2002, New Zealand mutton production decreased As of June 20, the slaughter volume of New Zealand sheep was 15.8 million, a decrease of 1 million from 16.8 million in the same period in 2001 However, there is a strong demand for New Zealand mutton in the European market, which makes the price of New Zealand mutton keep rising By the end of June, the wholesale price of live sheep in New Zealand had passed the level of $1 / kg, and the export price of mutton was also rising steadily In the first five months of 2002, Uruguay exported only 3895 tons of mutton, down 48.4% from the same period in 2001, with foreign exchange income of US $5.66 million Due to the short supply of mutton, the export price of mutton in Uruguay, especially the export price of refrigerated mutton, has risen faster The best annual average export price of frozen mutton in 2001 was 1870 US dollars / ton, and the average export price from January to may in 2002 was 1949 US dollars / ton However, the export price of frozen mutton with bone was lower than that of the same period in 2001 D6y the United States is the world's leading importer of mutton In the first four months of 2002, the United States imported 29000 tons of mutton, an increase of 21.8% over the same period in 2001 Of the imported mutton, 6.5% is lamb Industry insiders predict that the total import volume of American mutton in 2002 will reach 73000 tons, 7000 tons more than 66000 tons in 2001 The supply of mutton in d6y international market is obviously reduced, but the consumption of mutton is gradually increasing Experts believe that the price of mutton in the international market will go higher in the future D6Y