Poultry prices in Egypt today, August 19, 2024

Published 2024년 8월 19일

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The article provides an overview of the current situation in the Egyptian poultry market. It highlights a decrease in poultry prices for both farmers and consumers, with prices ranging from 63-65 pounds per kilo for farmers and 75-76 pounds per kilo for consumers. The annual production of chickens in Egypt is approximately 1.4 billion. The costs for other poultry products such as thighs, turkey, eggs, and duck are also detailed. Egypt's self-sufficiency in poultry is low, necessitating significant imports, especially of turkeys. The poultry sector employs over 2.5 million people and requires an investment of about 90 billion pounds. The Egyptian government is promoting the creation of integrated poultry projects in the desert to bolster the sector.

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It decreased by about two pounds to range between 63 and 65 pounds per kilo on the farm, according to the head of the Poultry Wealth Division of the Cairo Chamber of Commerce, Abdel Aziz El-Sayed, and the average annual local production of poultry is about 1.4 billion chickens, according to statements by Sayed El-Qasir, Minister of Agriculture. The local consumption of white poultry is 150 thousand tons per month, and the kilo of thighs reached 80 pounds. White poultry prices White poultry prices decreased by about two pounds to range between 75 and 76 pounds per kilo for the consumer, depending on the region, and the number of breeders working in the sector ranges between 50 and 60 thousand establishments, including 20 large companies, according to data from the Poultry Producers Union. According to statements by Abdel Aziz El-Sayed, head of the Poultry Wealth Division of the Cairo Chamber of Commerce, the individual share of white meat is about 21.5 kilos annually. Today's ...

Source: Almalnews