In the European Union, more than 80% of chicken meat production is concentrated in 9 of the 27 members of the bloc

The article discusses the European Union's poultry production forecast for 2023, which is estimated at 10.970 million/t, slightly surpassing the 2022 production of 10.920 million/t but still falling short of the 2020 figures. The rise in production would be less than half a percent. The impact of Avian Influenza and the Covid-19 pandemic have led to a significant drop in European poultry exports, more than 15% compared to 2019. The majority of the poultry production in the EU is concentrated in nine countries, accounting for over 80% of the bloc's expected production. These nine countries are Poland, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, and Belgium-Luxembourg, while the remaining 18 EU members contribute less than 2 million tons of production annually, averaging around 100 thousand/t per country per year.