Canada pork inventory climbs 15% as exports decline

Canadian warehouses held 43,713 metric tons of pork, up from 38,055 tons a year earlier, Statistics Canada, a government agency, reported. Pork exports fell 4.7 percent in 2009 through August from a year earlier, according to agency figures.
2009-11-04 Canadian warehouses held 43,713 metric tons of pork, up from 38,055 tons a year earlier, Statistics Canada, a government agency, reported. Pork exports fell 4.7 percent in 2009 through August from a year earlier, according to agency figures.

Canada’s hog herd declined 7.3 percent to 11.82 million animals by Oct. 1, down from 12.745 million a year earlier, as low prices led some producers to exit the business, StatsCan said.
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