Poultry farmers do not hoard chickens says the Broiler Poultry Farmers' Union Iran

Published Mar 22, 2021

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The Iranian government has permitted its livestock affairs support company to import 50,000 tons of chicken meat to address strategic white meat shortages and stabilize the market. This decision has been criticized by the poultry industry, which suggests that funds could have been used to support domestic producers by increasing their subsidy and correcting the approved chicken price. The poultry union's advisor has called for improved input provision to poultry farmers and a correction of the approved chicken rate, fearing that oversupply could drive prices below the approved rate. He also emphasized that domestic farmers cannot hoard chickens due to high feeding costs and need to sell them, raising concerns about where the imported chickens will be distributed after slaughter.

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According to ISNA, in the last days of March, in order to restore the country's strategic white meat reserves and to regulate the market and protect consumers, the government board allowed the country's livestock affairs support company to consume 50,000 tons of chicken meat using the preferred currency. (4200 Tomans) to buy and enter the country. An action that has raised the question for many poultry industry activists, why not increase support for domestic producers instead of importing and reforming the approved chicken price? In an interview with ISNA, Mohammad Ali Kamali Sarvestani stated that the import of chicken to the country takes about a month and as a result has no effect on the market these days of chicken and Eid night, said: If the government has the same amount of currency to be imported To allocate chicken, which is about 2,000 tomans more than the subsidy given to poultry farmers in connection with corn and soybean meal, was added to the approved price of ...

Source: Isna