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The European Commission has reported a 12% decrease in the EU's poultry meat exports in the first nine months of 2021, totaling 1,126,000 tonnes. Despite the overall decline, exports to several countries, including the Congo, Ukraine, and Ghana, saw increases. However, exports to the Philippines plummeted by 60%. Importes of poultry meat into the EU also decreased by 3.6% to 379,000 tonnes, with the majority coming from Brazil and Thailand. Hungary experienced a 32% increase in poultry meat exports in the first eight months of 2021, with the majority of the exports going to Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, Slovakia, and Austria. The live producer price of chickens for slaughter in Hungary increased by 11%, and the European Commission reported an increase in the EU average price of whole chicken by 7%. The Hungarian poultry sector also saw a 9.9% increase in the number of poultry slaughtered in the first three quarters of 2021, with a total of 174.9 million poultry slaughtered.
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According to the European Commission, the EU's (EU27) poultry meat exports fell by 12% to 1,126,000 tonnes in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same period last year, according to the latest data from the Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI). Exports of poultry meat to the Congo (+ 23%), Ukraine (+ 15%), the Republic of Benin and Ghana (+ 14%) increased, while exports of poultry meat to the Philippines (-60%) decreased. At the same time, imports of poultry meat from the Community fell by 3.6% to 379,000 tonnes. Almost three-quarters of imports came from Brazil and Thailand, with a total of 281,000 tonnes of poultry meat coming from the two countries, up 2% from the same period last year. The volume of poultry meat from China increased by almost 13%, but at the same time it decreased by 12% in the first nine months of this year. According to the data of the Central Statistical Office (CSO), the export of poultry meat in Hungary increased by 32%, amounting to almost ...
Source: Agrarszektor
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