French poultry farmers are concerned about the rise in chicken imports

Published 2022년 9월 7일

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French poultry farmers are facing a crisis due to avian flu and increasing production costs, which is expected to drop France to the 4th place in the European Union poultry producing countries in 2022. The sector has lost 500 million euros due to avian flu, with plans to slaughter 12 million meat poultry. However, imports of chickens, which are sold at more competitive prices, continue to increase, accounting for 49.6% of the chicken consumed in France in the first five months of 2022. The sector also faces an unprecedented increase in production costs, which has reached +45% to +50% in two years, leading to a price increase of 30 to 35% for chicken meat in France since January 2020.

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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. "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 ...

Source: Bfmtv