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Farms and farming area
Value of farm production
Farm production
Per capita consumption
Food imports
Food exports

Farms and Farming Area
Year	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Licensed Farms (no.s)	386	366	344	325	277	263	268	267	266	256	264
Farming Area (ha)	1073	1043	985	937	875	807	815	806	769	746	764

Value of farm production

Value of Farm Production
Year	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Livestock (S$ mil)	46.0	38.0	39.5	42.1	47.8	40.5	46.2	57.1	49.8	45.9	52.1
Fisheries (S$ mil)	156.1	131.7	126.7	129.5	118.7	111.1	106.8	120.7	128.0	141.2	145.9
Agriculture (S$ mil)	39.1	40.7	48.8	51.9	41.1	36.4	35.4	46.8	44.0	46.1	45.8
Total (S$ mil)	241.2	210.4	215.0	223.5	207.6	188.0	188.4	224.6	221.8	233.2	243.8

Farm production

Farm Production
Year	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Chicken ('000 no.s)	1368	1219	955	955	1266	1075	1164	1090	1076	1073	1130
Ducks ('000 no.s)	203	8.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hen eggs (mil pcs)	336	319	318	330	426	361	392	378	344	354	373
Fish (tonnes)	13049	11516	10526	10483	7785	7795	7109	7579	7836	11674	8025
Vegetables (tonnes)	16281	17291	18927	19293	17690	16525	16563	17192	17397	18077	19027
Aquarium Fish (mil pcs)	142	113	117	123	101	110	110	133	145	142	143
Orchids (mil stalks)	15	17	22	22	19	19	13	11	12	10	10
Ornamental plants (mil plts)	56	55	50	53	48	41	30	24	36	38	38

Per capita consumption

Per Capita Consumption
Item	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Chicken (kg)	33.5	31.4	38.4	36.9	34.7	35.8	38.0	31.8	32.3	29.2	33.0
Pork (kg)	23.8	22.7	*15.2	18.0	17.3	18.1	20.1	20.8	19.3	20.1	20.6
Beef (kg)	3.5	2.9	3.7	3.4	3.3	3.7	4.7	4.3	3.7	3.8	4.3
Duck (kg)	3.3	2.9	3.7	3.3	2.8	4.0	3.8	2.6	3.5	2.9	3.2
Mutton (kg)	2.4	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.8	1.9	2.0
Fish (kg)	27.4	25.3	25.3	24.3	23.3	23.9	23.4	23.0	21.2	20.8	19.5
Vegetables (kg)	71.7	75.8	79.4	79.9	82.3	83.6	84.8	85.5	84.1	84.2	85.7
Fruits (kg)	82.5	80.3	88.6	84.2	81.8	86.8	83.7	80.9	79.3	75.6	72.3
Hen eggs (pcs)	277.8	272.2	279.8	271.9	277.0	281.6	307.5	267.8	285.3	291.4	301.6

Note:
All calculations are based on total population. Total population comprises Singapore residents (citizens & PRs) and foreigners staying in Singapore for at least one year.

*Decrease in intake of Pork due to Nipah Virus Scare.

Food imports

Food Imports
Item		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Chicken	Tonne	131,886	125,566	154,675	150,789	144,328	151,356	159,487	133,906	147,560	142,946	164,325
	$'000	275,469	248,195	284,479	271,043	290,161	293,485	312,320	289,509	356,143	321,459	423,126
Ducks	Tonne	12,484	11,401	14,511	13,203	11,683	16,766	15,721	10,821	14,842	12,665	14,777
	$'000	51,689	47,002	58,845	54,797	47,233	48,178	44,698	36,080	44,703	44,071	54,806
Pork	Tonne	90,748	89,526	60,582	72,901	72,088	75,925	83,267	87,487	83,448	89,017	95,423
	$'000	266,792	247,024	184,703	249,473	255,190	272,005	291,609	320,148	322,236	343,909	359,690
Beef	Tonne	14,019	11,958	14,918	14,118	13,923	15,697	19,545	18,470	18,691	24,385	27,780
	$'000	67,784	61,569	74,425	77,151	70,933	73,239	85,884	94,673	98,961	118,800	145,140
Mutton	Tonne	9,478	9,778	9,830	9,962	9,760	8,480	8,556	8,602	8,032	8,648	9,489
	$'000	33,853	30,991	29,901	30,125	34,745	35,649	39,964	45,437	42,872	44,315	51,191
Fish	Tonne	118,408	114,870	102,449	104,236	104,854	100,415	92,615	89,734	85,258	83,254	84,689
	$'000	497,707	449,267	341,228	394,349	408,467	353,120	306,972	308,498	293,473	309,148	332,395
Vegetables	Tonne	360,579	353,982	358,614	337,594	352,919	359,348	355,046	360,593	359,085	371,295	389,807
	$'000	259,539	255,384	246,364	244,186	270,055	282,360	279,192	284,164	311,723	313,833	349,817
Fruits	Tonne	434,940	426,479	442,390	429,477	409,476	423,562	393,107	378,442	371,509	365,091	358,177
	$'000	444,895	409,336	425,549	417,474	410,951	411,794	404,103	386,407	384,188	400,556	419,028
Hen eggs	Tonne	35,952	37,529	39,505	38,233	36,124	49,121	52,432	44,256	52,456	55,819	60,859
	$'000	64,768	62,196	77,196	74,741	62,132	66,991	75,283	75,283	90,330	82,375	99,612

Food exports

Food Exports
Item		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Chicken	Tonne	6,750	4,091	4,021	3,498	2,638	3,317	4,768	3,230	11,450	16,143	14,499
	$'000	15,380	8,226	8,881	6,388	4,459	5,773	8,362	6,931	21,653	28,125	33,381
Ducks	Tonne	76	58	36	53	84	44	41	61	93	31	71
	$'000	312	287	183	202	266	201	179	337	184	160	349
Pork	Tonne	536	464	291	469	368	249	517	986	960	729	860
	$'000	2,385	2,056	1,038	1,693	1,382	931	1,457	3,252	3,369	2,590	3,070
Beef	Tonne	670	428	305	366	151	251	316	397	2,737	7,642	8,123
	$'000	4,820	3,833	2,291	2,392	1,062	1,333	2,001	2,078	9,012	22,003	23,531
Mutton	Tonne	204	121	145	106	104	121	113	132	277	259	249
	$'000	1,612	1,027	1,086	646	845	828	904	1,130	1,820	1,830	1,939
Fish	Tonne	27,504	26,908	12,705	16,853	16,200	8,519	3,235	1,298	2,750	3,208	3,013
	$'000	220,330	212,133	95,440	127,141	108,398	49,453	14,828	7,395	12,558	14,930	18,313
Vegetables	Tonne	104,659	73,516	63,096	35,010	30,142	26,944	22,564	21,459	17,648	18,945	15,808
	$'000	96,231	64,468	53,110	33,232	30,803	28,421	24,566	27,617	22,538	23,262	20,567
Fruits	Tonne	121,686	111,018	91,713	90,408	70,881	60,955	48,514	41,519	33,440	32,335	26,556
	$'000	139,678	104,670	88,905	82,838	74,154	66,245	66,319	57,126	48,876	51,382	48,934
Hen eggs	Tonne	1	25	36	0	130	218	34	8	56	131	224
	$'000	2	42	57	2	246	370	57	18	132	176	475


	Last updated on 21 May 2008

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