10On the 19 day, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, agricultural production performed well in the first three quarters, and the livestock industry grew steadily. Output of pork, beef, mutton and poultry meat totaled 7627 ten thousand tonnes, up 4.3% year on year. Pork and poultry meat output rose by 3.2% and 9.3%, respectively, while beef and mutton output fell by 0.7% and 3.7%, respectively. Milk production increased by 2.4%,Poultry egg production decreased by 1.7%At the end of the third quarter, the number of live pigs in stock was 42533 ten thousand head, a year-on-year decrease of 2.6%; in the first three quarters, the number of live pigs sold was 53739 ten thousand head, an increase of 1.4%.