Agriculture

	$(million)
Dairy products (incl. casein)	5,897
Meat and meat products	4,528
Pastoral based products (hides, skins, carpets, etc.)	1,182
Wool	996
Other agricultural based products	446
(cereals, meat meals, pet food, etc.)

Total Livestock Numbers (000)*

	1985	1990	1995	1999	2004
Sheep	67 854	57 852	48 816	45 680	39 255
Dairy Cattle	3 308	3 441	4 090	4 316	5 154
Beef Cattle	4 613	4 593	5 183	4 644	4 448
Deer	320	976	1 179	1 677	1 759
Pigs	454	395	431	369
Goats	427	1 063	n/a	186

(NZ$million fob)

New Zealand's Dairy Exports

(NZ$million fob)

Main Agricultural Exports

Regional Council	Sheep	Dairy Cattle	Beef Cattle	Deer
Northland	494	399	452	17
Auckland	325	142	166	23
Waikato	2 457	1,686	651	144
Bay of Plenty	409	321	117	68
Gisborne	1 848	..s	342	38
Hawkes Bay	4 306	92	613	147
Taranaki	687	665	123	7
Manawatu-Wanganui	6 264	381	644	138
Wellington	1 943	95	174	27
Total North Island	18 734	3 787	3 281	610
Tasman	342	71	46	32
Nelson	14	..c	4	1
Marlborough	675	27	67	21
West Coast	82	141	31	44
Canterbury	7 528	600	532	453
Otago	5 841	174	261	206
Southland	5 982	351	217	393
Chatham Islands	..s	..c	..s	..s
Total South Island	20 520	1 367	1 167	1 149
Total New Zealand	39 255	5,154	4,448	1,759

* ..c confidential ..s suppressed - nil or zero

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