MEAT Sector Analyse

1 Livestock 71460 86633 90101 86882 87727
2 Field crop 42483 42226 40482 45741 47352
3 Fruit trees 12173 18446 19219 23046 24001
Nr. % 2000 2006 2007 2008 2009
1 Livestock 57% 59% 60% 56% 55%
2 Field crop 34% 29% 27% 29% 30%
3 Fruit trees 10% 13% 13% 15% 15%
(Source: MAFCP; Statistical Yearbook 2009)
Meat Sector Study
Agricultural production and incomes contributes to the GDP; the major sub-group within
agriculture is the livestock production with about 55 % of the total production of the sector,
followed by field crops with 30 % and fruit production with 15 %.
Over the last years the overall output of crops increased whereas the output of livestock
(animal products) decreased.
Table 2: Output of animal products
Output in % 2007 2008
Cattle 26 21
Pigs 5 5
Sheep and goats 15 13
Poultry 4 5
Milk 38 42
Eggs 10 11
Other animal products 2 3
Total 100 100
(Source: INSTAT)
In the above table it can be seen that milk became more important but in total the meat
sector is slightly ahead; within the different products cattle decreased the most, followed by
sheep and goats whereas poultry increased and pigs remained stable.
Since 1990 the total numbers for cattle, goats and chicken decreased whereas the
population of sheep and pigs grew slightly. In the period 2000 – 2009 cattle, sheep and goats
have been declining whereas pigs and chicken have been growing.
Table 3: Animals in Albania (heads in 000)
Livestock 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Cattle 728 655 634 577 541 494
Cows 448 430 420 396 360 353
Sheep & goats 3045 2701 2770 2729 2620 2540
Sheep 1939 1760 1830 1853 1800 1768
Milked sheep 1448 1312 1426 1378 1321 1309
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