In Turkey, poultry sector exports increased by 54.2%

Published 2022년 2월 25일

Tridge summary

In 2021, Turkey's white meat exports saw a significant increase of 54.2 percent compared to the previous year, reaching a value of 894 million dollars. The country's white meat production increased by around 5 percent from the previous year, with 98 percent of the production being chicken and 2 percent being turkey meat. The sector exported 632 thousand tons of meat to 93 countries, with Iraq being the largest market, accounting for nearly half of the exports. The sector is looking for new markets to further increase its exports.

Disclaimer:The above summary was generated by Tridge's proprietary AI model for informational purposes.

Original content

Exports of the Turkish white meat sector reached 894 million dollars in 2021 with an increase of 54.2 percent compared to the previous year. The sector continues its search for new export markets to increase the said amount. Naci Kaplan, President of the Poultry Meat Industrialists' and Breeders' Association (BESD-BIR), made an assessment of the developments in the white meat industry. Stating that 325 million tons of meat was produced in the world in 2020, according to the "Agricultural Outlook 2020" report of the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation and the Food and Agriculture Organization, Kaplan said that 132 million tons of poultry meat, which corresponds to 40.6 percent of the total production. Kaplan stated that this meat is the most consumed type of meat in the world. Noting that Turkey, which ranks 10th in the world in white meat production, produced 2.3 million tons of white meat with an increase of around 5 percent compared to 2020 last year, Kaplan ...

Source: Gidatarim