Brazil: Broiler chicks start 2023 with production of less than 600 million heads

Published Mar 15, 2023

Tridge summary

In January 2023, Mexico experienced a dip in broiler chick production, with the country producing just over 590 million chicks, a 6.5% increase from the previous year but a 5% decrease from December 2022. This brought the total broiler chick production over the past 12 months to slightly over 6.9 billion, showing minimal growth of 0.15% compared to the previous year. This current production volume is not as high as the one achieved between April and December 2021, when the annual total neared 7 billion.

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After two consecutive months of volumes exceeding 600 million head, in January 2023 the number of broiler chicks produced in the country was again below that level, falling back to the lowest level in six months. According to APINCO, the year opened with the production of just over 590 million broiler chicks, a volume 6.5% higher than that recorded a year earlier, in January 2023. But it fell by more than 5% in relation to the volume of December, when the total produced exceeded 620 million heads. It was the monthly record for 2022. With the most recent production, the accumulated total over a period of 12 months slightly exceeds 6.9 billion head, maintaining almost complete stability in relation to the same previous period, as the increase is only 0.15% (10.5 million more broiler chicks) compared to what was produced between February 2021 and January 2022. Note, ...

Source: Avistie