Namibia Statistics Agency

Namibia Statistics Agency

LIVESTOCKSS E C T O R A L R E P O R T - N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 9

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Chart 1: Livestock Marketed Composite Index 2015 = 100

• The Livestock Marketed Composite Index stood at 76.8 basis points in November 2019, down by 4.4 basis points from October 2019 and 19.4 percent lower than the same month last year. The decline in November 2019 marked the third consecutive month that the index has been on the downward trend. The decline in the index was attributed to the un-availability of marketable animals.

• In absolute terms, the number of livestock marketed recorded in No-vember 2019 was 64 702 compared to 75 618 recorded during the pre-ceding month.

Chart 2: Cattle Export to Abattoirs & Butchers

• The Index for ‘Cattle Export to Abattoirs and Butchers’ stood at 78.9

basis points in November 2019, up by 6.3 basis points from October 2019 and 8.3 percent lower than the same month last year.

• The number of cattle marketed to abattoirs was 9 304 in November

2019 compared to 8 559 recorded in the previous month. A year ear-lier the number of cattle marketed to abattoirs was 10 141 during the corresponding month.

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Chart 3: Live Cattle Exported on Hoof

• The Index for ‘Live Cattle Exported on Hoof’ continued to be on a downward trend , registering 88.9 basis points in November 2019 down by 14.5 basis points from October 2019 and 19.9 percent lower than the corresponding month of 2018.

• The number of live cattle exported on hoof was 18 963 in November 2019 compared to 22 059 recorded a month earlier.

Chart 4: Small Stock exported Abattoirs and Butchers

• In November 2019, the Index for Small Stock Exported to Abat-toirs and Butchers stood at 11.8 basis points, down by 1.9 basis points and 82.9 percent lower than the corresponding month of 2018. The decline on small stock export to abattoir and butchers was attributed to the unavailability of marketable animals.

• The number of small stock exported to abattoirs and butchers in November 2019 was 5 131 compared to 5 981 recorded in October 2019.

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Chart 5: Live small stock exported to South Africa & Angola

• The Index for Live Small Stock Exported to South Africa & Angola

stood at 57.3 basis points in November 2019, down by 15.8 basis points from October 2019 and 31.8 percent lower than in the corre-sponding month of 2018. The decline in Live Small Stock exported to South Africa & Angola was attributed to the unavailability of market-able animals.

• The number of live small stock exported to South Africa & Angola de-clined to 27 523 in November 2019 compared to 35 095 recorded in October 2019.

Chart 6: Pigs Index

• The Index for Pigs stood at 120.5 basis points in November 2019 com-

pared to 125.1 and 133.0 basis points recorded in October 2019 and November 2018, respectively. These are declines of 9.4 percent month-on-month and 3.6 percent year-on-year.

• The number of pigs slaughtered locally were 3 781 in November 2019 compared to 3 924 Pigs slaughtered during the preceding month.

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Table1. Number of livestock marketed (‘000)

Table1.Continue…..

Jan 12 18 35 20 4 89Feb 9 25 46 33 3 116Mar 12 26 78 52 3 171Apr 13 18 48 42 3 124May 15 14 63 79 2 173Jun 17 22 57 69 4 168Jul 17 25 50 73 4 168Aug 9 34 31 65 4 143Sep 11 26 27 46 3 113Oct 11 28 37 36 3 116Nov 11 11 26 13 1 62Dec 5 10 27 46 3 91Jan 9 8 16 21 4 59Feb 7 17 29 36 4 94Mar 11 23 45 32 3 115Apr 14 24 57 47 3 144May 10 22 40 65 4 142Jun 12 32 39 78 4 165Jul 16 0 38 18 4 76Aug 11 0 41 30 4 85Sep 14 1 30 27 4 76Oct 10 7 22 32 4 74Nov 11 18 20 25 4 78Dec 4 14 14 38 4 74Jan 5 11 12 17 4 49Feb 10 22 13 42 4 90Mar 12 23 25 51 4 115Apr 11 25 20 53 4 114May 13 27 16 67 4 127Jun 18 33 12 65 4 132Jul 15 37 12 54 4 122Aug 14 42 16 54 3 129Sep 15 27 33 30 2 108Oct 10 28 21 32 3 94Nov 11 24 19 28 4 86Dec 8 17 17 39 3 83

2015

2016

2017

Year Month

Total Livestock Markete

d

Cattle export

abattoirs &

butchers

Cattle live

exported South

Africa & Angola

Small stock

Export abattoirs

and butchers

Live small stock South Africa and

Angola

Pigs slaughter

ed

Jan 9 18 20 13 4 64Feb 9 31 20 34 3 98Mar 12 37 33 39 3 124Apr 15 20 55 57 3 150May 11 21 43 64 4 143Jun 14 25 36 78 3 157Jul 9 27 33 77 4 151Aug 10 30 30 59 4 134Sep 9 29 21 40 4 103Oct 9 24 26 38 5 101Nov 10 24 30 40 4 108Dec 5 21 28 48 4 106Jan 5 12 24 27 5 73Feb 9 18 19 39 4 88Mar 16 33 33 63 4 150Apr 18 31 65 77 4 195May 23 37 33 80 4 176Jun 19 28 25 74 4 150Jul 18 28 22 57 4 130Aug 21 27 12 47 4 111Sep 16 22 11 35 4 87Oct 9 22 6 35 4 76Nov 9 19 5 28 4 65

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Table2: Composite Index of Livestock marketed

Table2: continue……

Year MonthCattle export abattoirs & butchers

CattleLive export on hoof

Small stock Export abattoirs and butchers

Live small stock South Africa and Angola

Pigs slaughtered

Composite Index

Jan 100.9 82.9 79.1 42.5 136.2 88.6Feb 72.5 115.9 106.0 68.7 106.6 92.1Mar 103.2 123.0 178.0 109.3 86.9 116.5Apr 110.6 85.4 109.9 87.7 90.5 98.5May 129.5 64.2 143.2 165.3 79.4 107.7Jun 141.0 102.2 130.1 144.0 126.0 125.5Jul 140.5 115.9 113.6 152.4 135.7 130.1Aug 78.7 157.9 71.1 135.9 116.8 113.8Sep 92.2 121.3 62.2 96.0 88.9 100.9Oct 96.7 131.5 85.2 75.3 92.4 106.8Nov 90.9 53.4 60.4 26.3 32.9 67.1Dec 43.2 46.4 61.1 96.5 107.8 52.5Jan 77.9 38.9 37.7 43.8 130.4 58.9Feb 61.5 81.3 67.4 74.1 131.0 72.7Mar 94.3 106.1 104.2 67.0 111.2 97.6Apr 114.9 111.2 129.4 97.9 106.8 112.9May 89.0 104.7 91.9 134.6 130.8 100.4Jun 105.3 149.3 88.9 161.9 122.1 125.8Jul 136.2 0.0 86.0 37.9 127.5 72.7Aug 90.1 0.9 93.8 61.6 119.3 55.6Sep 119.8 5.2 67.9 57.3 116.5 67.5Oct 84.1 33.0 49.6 66.8 117.8 61.9Nov 90.4 84.6 45.1 53.1 141.2 83.1Dec 32.9 66.0 31.8 78.7 128.4 52.2Jan 38.9 53.0 26.9 36.0 120.6 45.6Feb 83.2 102.5 28.8 88.3 120.8 87.8Mar 101.2 108.6 56.2 105.4 136.8 101.9Apr 92.8 119.2 46.2 110.9 122.7 101.5May 110.0 127.0 37.2 138.6 131.8 113.8Jun 156.7 152.9 26.7 135.6 117.8 142.0Jul 128.3 172.4 28.0 112.8 133.6 135.7Aug 114.6 198.9 36.5 113.1 96.8 139.2Sep 126.2 127.7 76.1 63.0 76.3 115.7Oct 84.0 133.5 47.4 66.8 81.8 98.0Nov 97.3 110.7 43.4 58.8 130.8 95.8Dec 68.0 78.4 38.6 80.4 104.1 71.8

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Jan 78.0 83.5 44.8 27.5 122.4 74.5Feb 73.1 146.8 46.6 71.6 94.2 99.0Mar 99.2 173.9 75.6 81.8 96.9 123.6Apr 124.9 94.5 125.6 118.4 93.5 112.1May 94.9 96.4 99.0 133.6 118.7 99.9Jun 122.3 119.4 81.9 161.8 107.6 121.0Jul 78.2 128.2 75.8 161.1 128.3 105.4Aug 85.7 142.9 68.6 123.7 132.3 110.5Sep 77.2 135.7 49.2 82.9 129.9 99.0Oct 78.6 110.8 58.6 78.5 163.9 91.8Nov 86.0 111.0 68.8 84.0 133.0 95.3Dec 41.3 99.9 64.6 99.5 120.0 72.5Jan 44.7 56.4 55.0 57.2 143.9 54.1Feb 74.9 83.9 43.6 81.3 116.4 77.7Mar 137.8 156.4 76.6 131.0 117.0 138.7Apr 151.1 143.8 149.9 160.7 136.2 148.6May 191.5 175.2 75.2 165.7 131.4 172.1Jun 160.3 131.9 57.7 153.1 120.5 139.8Jul 156.2 131.8 50.5 119.0 133.3 134.8Aug 176.9 126.7 28.4 96.9 117.6 137.7Sep 135.3 104.9 24.3 72.0 119.7 109.2Oct 72.6 103.4 13.7 73.1 125.1 81.2Nov 78.9 88.9 11.8 57.3 120.5 76.8

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Methodology

Data Sources: The data are obtained from the Meat Board of Na-mibia.

Base year: Livestock Sectoral report is harmonised with the

Quarterly and annual national accounts base year 2015.

Calculations of index: The index is calculated based on the 2015 base year volumes and 2015 weights. The index is a magnitude of the volume changes over time, with reference to the volume of the base year 2015. Index is calculated as a ratio of a volume of a specific component in a spe-cific month to the total volume of that component in 2015.