As a result of individuals’ ongoing searches on “Google” search engines about poultry costs in Egypt and the high market prices, there has been a minor increase in poultry records as of today, Monday, October 31, 2022.
As part of the services it offers its readers, Al-Fajr continuously tracks the prices of chicken in Egypt. The prices of poultry today were as follows:
On the farm, a kilo of white chicks cost between 34 and 35 pounds, however the price for the consumer varied between 37 pounds and 38 pounds, depending on the region.
While the price of the Saso chicken ranged 40 pounds on the farm, and the price of the kilometer for the consumer was 43 pounds.
The cost per kilogramme of municipal chicks on the farm was recorded at 41 pounds, and the cost per kilogramme for consumers was 44 pounds.
In contrast, Dr.
According to Tharwat Al-Zaini, vice president of the Union of Poultry Producers, the Russian-Ukrainian War’s high feed prices, production demands, and shipping and transportation costs contributed to the high prices of white poultry in Egypt. This is especially true given that roughly 70% of the raw materials used in the feed industry are imported. While around 30% of the supplies are manufactured domestically.
Dr.
Tharwat Al-Zaini urged the government to act quickly to prevent the poultry industry from collapsing after it achieved self-sufficiency, pointing to the need to increase the cultivation of the crops of yellow corn and soybeans, and noting that some farms have been forced to close due to the feed crisis. He also emphasised the importance of expanding the cultivation of these crops.
According to the vice president of the General Federation of Poultry Producers, Egypt produces roughly 1. There are currently no imported chicken products in the markets due to the local poultry industry’s 6 billion birds produced annually, which achieves self-sufficiency of around 100% and employs close to 3 million people. The volume of investments in it reaches about 100 billion pounds.
Today, Monday, October 31, 2022, poultry prices in Egypt
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