Chicken production in Turkey could increase 9% on 2023

Chicken production in Turkey is forecasted to increase 9 percent to 2.68 million metric tons (MMT) in 2023 because of the steady exports...

Chicken production in Turkey is forecasted to increase 9 percent to 2.68 million metric tons (MMT) in 2023 because of the steady exports and the increase in domestic meat consumption. Moreover, meat production could grow by 10 percent to 2.46 MMT by the end of this year.

In 2022, the good results in chicken meat production are due to a more efficient supply of breeding stock that includes hatching eggs and day-old chicks, together with significant foreign demand for Turkish chicken products.

Important facts on chick production in 2022:

• Imports of breeding stock to Turkey increased by 12 percent. Although most were used in the domestic poultry industry, two percent of the increase was re-exported as hatching eggs to Iraq and Russia.
• Increases in feed prices are expected to continue, along with other input prices, especially energy costs.

In the first six months of 2022, poultry meat production has increased 10 percent when compared with the same period of 2021, in line with total year projections (Figure 1).