In W19, in the chicken-egg landscape, in Turkey, chicken egg production in March increased by 4.4% YoY, while in the January-March period, production increased by 3.8% YoY. In addition, March saw a 7% increase in chicken egg output to 1.73B units from February's 1.61B units. Hokkaido, Japan, which initially established a movement restriction zone within a radius of 3 km from the outbreak farm concerning the highly pathogenic avian influenza reported in Chitose City, Hokkaido (the 82nd to 84th cases in Japan this season), has lifted the travel restrictions as of May 6. The first case of avian influenza in the South-West of France was confirmed in the Gers region on May 4 in the town of Couloumé-Mondebat, two months after there had been no indication of an outbreak in France. According to the Jiuquan City Green Animal Husbandry Three-Year Development Plan, the entire production of meat, eggs, and milk in Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, China, is expected to reach 336K MT by 2025. Lastly, Malaysia has allotted USD 280M in subsidies for chicken eggs at USD 0.18 each. The current subsidy distribution ratio of USD 0.022 for chicken breeders and USD 0.16 for egg producers will remain in place because the government has opted not to get involved.
