W51: Weekly Poultry & Egg Update

Chicken

Brazil: Poultry Meat Production in Brazil Should Rise by 1.5% In 2022 and 2% In 2023 (Dec 19)

The Brazilian Association of Animal Proteins (ABPA) projected that chicken meat production in the country should reach up to 14.5M tons in 2022, 1.5% higher than in 2021, where production reached 14.329M tons. The projected volume for 2023 could reach up to 14.750M tons, 2% higher than in 2022.

Brazil: Singapore and Qatar Increase Revenue From Brazilian Chicken Imports (Dec 21)

Brazil is close to ending another year with a positive balance in terms of chicken exports to the Arab countries. Some of the destinations that stood out in the purchase of Brazilian protein in 2022 are the United Arab Emirates, which remains in the lead, but Singapore and Qatar also stood out in this commercial relationship with Brazil. Remaining the largest buyer of Brazilian halal chicken, the United Arab Emirates increased revenue from imports of the product by 45% between January and November 2022, compared to the same period in 2021.

Ethiopia: Ethiopian Meat Exports Earned USD 41M in the Last 5 Months of the 2022 Season (Dec 20)

The Ethiopian Agricultural Authority (EAA) announced that over USD 41M was earned from 5.9K MT of meat products (beef, lamb, and chicken) exported during the last five months of the 2022 season. The Authority indicated that it is working to supply 28K MT of meat products to the foreign market in the 2022 fiscal year with the target of collecting more than USD 150M in the process. Ethiopia exports meat products primarily to the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, but other efforts are being made to send meat products to China, Indonesia, and European countries.

Indonesia: Indonesian Chicken Meat Industry Is Gearing Up for Export in 2023 (Dec 21)

To stabilize prices in Indonesia with an oversupply of the Chicken population, the meat association in Indonesia begun making effort to start exporting their product to other countries. Unfortunately, veterinarians have a lot of things to do to standardize the health and safety protocol among all the industry stakeholder in the nation, they will start to target countries like Singapore, China, and middle east as an export target by 2023, they will enhance the quality by ensuring all the stakeholders will comply with international quality standard.

Netherlands: Income Differences Between Poultry Farms Increased Sharply (Dec 19)

Income differences between poultry farms increased sharply in the Netherlands, these differences amount to more than USD 334K (EUR 313K) for laying hen farms and more than USD 246K (EUR 230K) for broiler farms. Prices for industrial eggs will increase by 91% in 2022. Prices for free-range eggs increased by 66% and for free-range eggs by 41%.

Turkey

Hungary: Bird Flu Has Also Reached a Breeding Turkey Colony in Hajdú-Bihar County (Dec 20)

The laboratory of the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) confirmed the presence of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the animals of a breeding turkey farm in Hajdú-Bihar County, with more than 25K individuals. With this, another county became infected in the 2022 autumn epidemic. Protection and monitoring zones have been designated, and partner countries have also been notified of the outbreak.

Peru: Peru’s Exports of Turkey Added Close to USD 3.5M Between January and October of 2022 (Dec 22)

The export of Peruvian turkeys reached USD 3.488M between January and October of 2022, registering a growth of 415% compared to the same period in 2021 (USD 676K), reported the Agricultural Exports Management of the Association of Exporters (ADEX).

Duck

South Korea: Hadong Duck Farm Reports AI Suspected Axis (Dec 22)

Suspected Avian Influenza (AI) occurred at a duck farm in Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do. Gyeongsangnam-do announced that the H5 type antigen was detected as a result of an AI test after receiving a report of mortality at a meat duck farm in Okjong-myeon, Hadong-gun on the 21st. If it is confirmed as a highly pathogenic AI, it will be the second outbreak in the winter season following Jinju.

Egg

Turkey: 2022 Egg Tracking Report Has Been Published (Dec 20)

Turkey is working to remove the cage system where chickens raised for their eggs are kept and has published the 2022 Egg Tracking Report. In the report, 51 of 92 brands promised they would not use eggs obtained from the cage system.