Poultry Production Surpasses 470,000 Tons in 4th Quarter

A total of 472,700 tons of poultry meat were produced at Iran’s official slaughterhouses in the fourth quarter of last Iranian year (Dec. 21, 2020-March 20).
The Statistical Center of Iran’s report shows chicken accounted for 461,600 tons or 97.6% of overall poultry production while turkey, quail, ostrich and partridge amounted to 11,100 tons or 2.4% of the total poultry output during the period under review. 
The average weight of each chicken supplied in Q4 stood at 1.9 kg, turkey 9.1 kg and quail 0.3 kg, while other types of poultry averaged 1.6 kg. 
According to Hassan Abbasi Maroufan, Government Trading Corporation of Iran's commercial affairs deputy, per capita consumption of chicken in Iran is 28 kilograms per year, which indicates that total consumption is not more than 2.2 million tons.