The EU will increase chicken imports this year - USDA

Published Mar 12, 2024

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The European Union is projected to increase its chicken meat imports by 3.5% this year, as reported by the US Department of Agriculture. Ukraine has been a major supplier, with its exports to the EU surging by over 50% last year due to tariff-free import regulations. However, this provision is due to end on June 5. In contrast, chicken imports from the UK dropped by 20% due to stricter EU sanitary controls following Brexit, and imports from Thailand also saw a slight decrease due to competition with Ukraine. Despite these changes, the EU's overall chicken meat imports rose by 2% last year.

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Imports of chicken meat by EU countries this year should increase by 3.5 percent. IMIT reports this with reference to forecasts of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA, publishes forecasts and data on indicators in agriculture not only in the United States itself, but also in other countries - ROSNG). So far, Ukraine has the most serious prospects for exports to the EU. Last year, it increased the supply of chicken to the bloc countries by more than one and a half times. This became possible thanks to EU regulations that allow the import of this meat from Ukraine without quotas and tariffs. However, the first period of this measure will expire on June 5. Some EU countries, for example, Poland, have already appealed to the European Commission with a request not to extend preferential imports. South Africa increased imports of poultry meat for the first time in five years At the same time, a number of countries reduced chicken supplies last year. For example, from the UK they ...

Source: Rosng