Livestock, poultry and aquatic animals
Chicken consumption in the country decreased by 40%/chicken export will start in 10 days
Famous Hassan Abbas
The Managing Director of the Department of Livestock Affairs said: “With the follow-up, we have received permission to export chicken without tariffs from the national market regulation headquarters, and it was approved yesterday, and the export will take place in the next ten days.”
According to the Food and Agriculture Industry (Agrofood News), the Director General of Participating in Livestock Affairs: People should not be in a hurry to buy chicken and red meat, there is plenty of it in stores at an approved price, and we will not increase the price until the end of the year.
Hassan Abbase Marufan, pointing out that the slaughtering of chickens in poultry farms has started six months ago, said: “For the days of Fajr, Eid and Ramadan, a plan was made regarding the production of chickens, and as many as 140 million pieces of chickens were slaughtered.”
He continued: “With the spread of the corona disease, the society’s pressure was not so high in this situation and it caused us to have a surplus of chicken in the market.”
Abbasi Marufan stated that the strike plan to purchase the surplus of chicken production started on March 1, 2018 and continued: All the chickens that were not sold were collected in the market and more than 1500 tons of chickens were bought from chicken farms, which in the past was 200 tons per day. It was up to 500 tons.
The managing director of the livestock affairs supporter continued: The government and the program and budget organization provided us with good financial resources. We were able to pay the chicken farmers in cash and buy from them at an approved price.
Pointing out that due to the current conditions, we should not let producers suffer, he said: We buy chicken from chicken farms at an approved price of 12,900 Tomans, and until further notice, this purchase will continue as long as there is a surplus of chicken in the market, the purchase is guaranteed. continues.
Abbasi Marufan added: The closure of restaurants, universities and halls caused the consumption of chicken to decrease by 40% compared to the same period.
He added about the plan adopted in chicken production: In the previous period, we had 140 million chickens, which the chicken farmers increased to 125 million in the next period and to 115 million in the new period, so that we do not have too much surplus and the producers do not suffer.
The Managing Director of the Department of Livestock Affairs said: “We obtained the permission to export chicken without tariffs after the follow-up from the National Market Regulation Headquarters, and it was approved yesterday and the export will take place in the next ten days.”
Stating that the export will be done in such a way that there will be no shortage in the market, he added: chicken meat and red meat are available in the market in sufficient quantity and at reasonable prices, and at any hour of the day and night in the stores, chicken and fresh and frozen meat are available at reasonable prices. It is approved and available to everyone, and we will not increase the price until the end of the year.
Regarding the supply of livestock inputs, he said: a good planning has been done, recently, with the decision of the government, all the livestock inputs that were stored were entered into the market, and the president allowed the clearance of 4 million tons of basic goods, 75% of which are livestock inputs. The country has been adjusted and the prices have been adjusted.
Regarding livestock stocks, he added: In 2018, we sold more than three million tons of stocks to poultry farms and livestock farms, and we will not have any problem in providing inputs for chicken production in the country in 2019.
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