British produced more poultry

Submitted by Thomas Pröller, meat-n-more on , Published in Archive

Chicken in particular increased significantly

Poultry production in the UK reached 399.330 tonnes slaughtered weight in the first quarter of this year, up 7,2 per cent on the same period last year. Chicken production in particular rose significantly, by 9,2 percent to 319.940 tons, while turkey meat production grew by 3,2 percent to a good 58.100 tons.

Despite the larger domestic production, imports of poultry meat also increased significantly at the beginning of 2004. From January to April there was an increase of 9,8 percent to 136.300 tons. Almost 90 percent of these were imported poultry parts. Poultry meat exports increased by 3,9 percent to almost 82.400 tons. At 95 percent, the dominance of parts exports is very pronounced.

Rising production and imports led to increased consumption of poultry meat in the UK in the first quarter of this year. This increased by a good eleven percent to 441.480 tons.

Source: Bonn [ZmP]

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