MINK 



Mink pelt production continues on a downward trend with a total of 13,100 pelts produced in 1982. The big- 

 gest drop in production was in the pastels which dropped from 6,300 pelts in 1980 to only 1,900 in 1982. 

 Pastels had consisted of 36 percent of the total and now only accounts for 14 percent. The other percentage 

 breakdown of the 1982 production was demi-buff 31 percent, pearl 21 percent and standard 13 percent. The 

 breeding of mink females to produce kits in 1983 continues the downward trend of recent years with only 

 3,700 females bred, compared with 3,900 in 1981 and 5,200 for 1980. 



1/ Included in others to avoid disclosing individual operations. 

 2/ Estimates not available. 



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