TÜİK data: Turkey meat production fell, chicken meat production increased

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has released poultry production statistics for August. Accordingly, it announced that chicken meat, chicken egg, and drinking milk production increased compared to the previous month. 

As red meat production and consumption decrease due to high inflation and the rising cost of living, producers are turning toward chicken production.

Across Turkey, chicken meat production increased by 5.6 percent in August compared to the same month last year, reaching 214 thousand 432 tons, while chicken egg production rose by 2.8 percent to 1 billion 808 million 368 thousand units.

CHICKEN EGG PRODUCTION INCREASED, TURKEY MEAT PRODUCTION DECREASED

Chicken egg production increased by 6 percent on a monthly basis in August and by 2.8 percent compared to the same month last year. During this period, 1 billion 808 million 368 thousand chicken eggs were produced.

The number of slaughtered chickens was recorded as 118 million 723 thousand, an increase of 6.2 percent on an annual basis.

Turkey meat production decreased by 3.3 percent in the same period to 3 thousand 789 tons.

In the January-August period, compared to the same period last year, chicken egg production increased by 4.9 percent, the number of slaughtered chickens by 6.5 percent, chicken meat production by 5.6 percent, and turkey meat production by 17.1 percent.

News Source: 12punto