Turkey: Milk production rises in March

Published 2023년 5월 12일

Tridge summary

In March, Turkey experienced a notable shift in its dairy and poultry production sectors, as reported by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK). Dairy production saw mixed results, with increases in cow’s milk, drinking milk, yogurt, and cheese production, but a significant decrease in butter production. Meanwhile, poultry production reported a decline, with chicken meat production falling by 1.5% annually to nearly 200,000 tons, and turkey meat production also experiencing a decrease of 7.3% to 4,300 tons. Conversely, egg production experienced an annual increase of 7% to 1.73 billion.
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Original content

The amount of cow’s milk collected by dairy companies increased by 6.2 percent in March compared with the same month of last year to 912,000 tons, according to data from the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK). Drinking milk output rose nearly 11 percent year-on-year to 139,000 tons, while yogurt production was up 2.9 percent from March 2022 to around 99,000 tons. Some 67,000 tons of cheese were produced from cow’s milk, which pointed to a 3.4 increase from a year ago. Ayran - a local drink made of yogurt - production, however, declined by 2.9 percent to 61,630 tons. Türkiye’s butter production plunged more than 28 percent to a little over 8,000 tons. TÜİK, on May 11, separately unveiled data for poultry production. According to the latest figures, chicken meat production was nearly 200,000 tons in March, marking a 1.5 percent decline on an annual basis. In the first quarter, chicken meat production stood at ...

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