Mozambique will import chicken from Brazil and Turkey

Published 2023년 10월 25일

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Mozambique is turning to Brazil and Turkey to import chicken in order to solve a supply shortage caused by a ban on poultry imports from South Africa, which is dealing with a bird flu outbreak. Mozambican importers have been given permission to buy 4,000 metric tons of chicken from Brazil and Turkey, with the products expected to arrive in about a month. Local producers are also being allowed to import hatching eggs from the two countries to ensure production continues.

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MAPUTO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Mozambique will import chicken from Brazil and Turkey to ease the supply shortage, following a ban on poultry imports from its neighbor South Africa, which is facing an outbreak of bird flu. Mozambican importers are authorized to purchase approximately 4,000 metric tons of chicken from these two countries, and the products are expected to arrive in the country in about a month, Americo Conceicao, National Director for Livestock Development under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mozambique, said on Tuesday. Conceicao added that local producers can import hatching eggs from Brazil and Turkey to guarantee the production process. Chicken and egg prices have increased in the country since the ...

Source: Sondakika