The processing sales price of chicken breast decreased by 15 percent

By: STA Date: 2024. 06. 05. 10:30

Based on data from the KSH, Hungary’s poultry meat exports increased by 3 percent to 53,000 tons in the first three months of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. Within this, the export of chicken increased by 1 percent to almost 36,000 tons, and that of turkey increased by 16 percent to 6,000 tons. The largest target markets for poultry meat were Romania and Bulgaria.

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Hungary’s poultry meat imports decreased by 13 percent to 20,000 tons in the observed period. Within this, the delivery of chicken meat fell by 31 percent to 13,000 tons, while that of turkey meat increased by 42 percent to 1,000 tons. Most of the poultry meat came from Poland and Romania. According to AKI PÁIR data, the live weight producer price of slaughter chickens in Hungary decreased by 19.5 percent to HUF 412.7/kg, and that of slaughter turkeys by 15.4 percent to HUF 596.3/kg in the first twenty-one weeks of 2024 compared to the same period of the previous year. The processing selling price of chicken breast fillet is HUF 1,715.7/kilogram (-14.8 percent), bone-in chicken breast is HUF 1,095.3/kilogram (-21.5 percent), and the price of chicken breast (total) is HUF 1,685.5/kilogram (- 15.2 percent) in the observed period.