11:13 p.m
Saturday, January 28, 2023
I wrote – Dina Khaled:
Fresh poultry prices recorded today, Saturday, about 71.08 pounds, an increase of about 44 piasters, compared to their levels yesterday, according to the latest update of the data of the local and international price portal of the Cabinet Information Center.
Egypt produces about 1.6 billion birds annually, and this production achieves self-sufficiency by about 95%, and the gap between production and consumption does not exceed 5%, according to the data of the Poultry Division previously, but the high prices of feed and the import crisis during the past months, caused an imbalance in the market that led to a shortage displayed.
Ahmed Nabil, deputy head of the Egg Division of the General Union of Poultry Producers, told Masrawy, in statements last Thursday, that the price of white poultry jumped by about 7 pounds per kilo, during the current week, so that the average price of a kilo of white poultry on the farm ranges from 67 pounds, compared to 60 pounds that it had recorded at the beginning. per week, so that a kilo is sold in the markets to the consumer for about 75 pounds on average, according to the region in which it is sold.
Nabil attributed the high prices of white poultry to the current lack of supply in the market.
