Lower poultry prices

By: Trademagazin editor Date: 2024. 11. 03. 19:03

According to AKI’s slaughtering statistics, 487.3 thousand tonnes (live weight) of poultry were slaughtered in Hungary in the first eight months of 2024, 10.9% more than in the same period of 2023.

This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/11

From this 350.5 thousand tonnes (+6.4%) were slaughter chicken and 45.4 thousand tonnes (+0.4%) were slaughter turkey. The European Commission has reported that the average price of whole chicken was EUR 269/100 kg in the EU in the first forty-one weeks of 2024 – no major change from the 2023 level.

AKI PÁIR data reveal that the live weight producer price of slaughter chicken in Hungary fell by 16.1% to HUF 415.3/kg in the first forty-one weeks of 2024, compared to the same period last year. In Hungry the average producer price of raw milk was HUF 173.21/kg in September 2024. The export price of raw milk was HUF 212.85/kg in September 2024, up 7% compared to August and having grown by 30% compared to September 2023. The export price was 23% higher than the average producer price.

According to data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH), Hungary’s live pig exports increased by 27.1% to 19 thousand tonnes in January-July 2024 if compared to the same period of 2023. The main partners were Romania, Austria, Albania and Slovakia. Imports of live pig increased by 2.9% to 41.7 thousand tonnes, with Slovakia, Croatia, Germany and the Czech Republic as the biggest suppliers. //