Cheap American meat could flood this region: many producers may be doing poorly

Published Apr 10, 2026

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The Indonesian-American bilateral trade agreement (ART) could give a new impetus to the economic relations between the two countries. However, the agreement may pose serious challenges to Indonesia's poultry industry, which, although it is one of Asia's largest producers, faces severe structural vulnerabilities - wrote Poultry World.

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Farmers, organic producers, and young farmers, ATTENTION! At the Portfolio Group's May AgroFood and AgroFuture conferences, small-scale producers, organic farmers, and young farmers can again participate at a discounted fixed price of HUF 30,000 + VAT! At the Portfolio AgroFood conference on May 19, the dilemmas, current issues, and forecasts of the food industry will be in focus, while on May 20 at the Portfolio AgroFuture conference, operational and sustainable solutions and future-proof farming will be highlighted. Let's meet! Indonesia's poultry industry is impressively large. In 2025, the country kept about 3.92 billion chickens, of which approximately 3.32 billion were broiler chickens and over 426 million were laying hens. Broiler meat production approached 3.8 million tons in 2024, and egg production reached a historical peak of 6.31 million tons in 2025. Therefore, Indonesia is far from needing to cover its domestic demand through imports. However, the ART agreement could ...

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