French poultry farmers are concerned about the rise in chicken imports
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France
Published Sep 8, 2022
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French poultry farmers, weakened by avian flu and soaring production costs, were worried this Wednesday, September 7 to see imports of chickens, sold at more competitive prices, continue to increase.
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"France, the 2nd poultry producing country in the European Union in 2021, should drop to 4th place with a reduced supply", down "9.7% in 2022", a year marked by the outbreak of influenza highly pathogenic avian, according to the interprofession of meat poultry, Anvol. In 2022, 20 million poultry were slaughtered due to avian flu, including 12 million meat poultry, i.e. a loss of "500 million euros" on the turnover of the sector, underlined Jean-Michel Schaeffer, president of Anvol. The interprofession anticipates a 30% drop in the production of roasting ducks, 18.7% of guinea fowl, 17.7% of turkeys and 3.3% of chickens. At the same time, Anvol fears that the share of chicken imports will continue to increase. In the first five months of 2022, 49.6% of the chicken consumed in France was imported, mainly from Poland and Belgium, compared to 25% in the early 2000s. "The sector is trapped by the opening of the borders to Ukrainian chickens", estimates Gilles Huttepain, vice-president ...
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