20 million chicks a week are no longer placed in the EU

Containment measures have ended all out-of-home consumption, which accounts for between 20 and 40% of production depending on the Member State and, for some species, approximately 100%. "Small species" such as duck, pigeon, quail, rabbit, guinea fowl, or goose cannot be sold easily or at all through retail distribution channels due to the notable differences in their respective supply chains. At the same time, each year hundreds of thousands of tonnes of poultry meat are imported into the EU from third countries (mainly from Brazil, Thailand and Ukraine - as well as thousands of tonnes of eggs from Ukraine or the United States). Most of these meats are intended for consumption away from home and therefore cannot be marketed now. As expected, this has resulted in an oversupply situation as cold rooms across Europe have reached full capacity and storage costs continue to rise as the crisis worsens. More than EUR 100 million has already been spent across Europe! In parallel, there ...