In Turkey, the exports of the poultry industry increased by 54.2%

Published 2022년 2월 24일

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Naci Kaplan, President of the Poultry Meat Industrialists' and Breeders' Association (BESD-BIR) in Turkey, reported a 5% increase in the country's white meat production in 2021, reaching 2.3 million tons, with 98% being chicken and 2% turkey. Exports surged by 17.3% to 632 thousand tons, generating $894 million in revenue, with Iraq being the primary market. The sector, which contributes to employment for about 3 million people and has an annual turnover of $5.5 billion, is expected to grow by 12% in 2022. Kaplan emphasized the need for the development of new markets, mentioning the UK, the Philippines, India, Egypt, and Japan, and expressed the sector's willingness to improve environmental practices.

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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 said that 98 percent of this amount is chicken and 2 percent is turkey meat. expressed. "894 million dollars of foreign exchange income was provided" Kaplan stated that Turkey ranks 7th in world trade in this sector and ...

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