Poultry Production Up 12% 

A total of 203,578 tons of poultry meat were produced in Iran’s official slaughterhouses in the third month of the current fiscal year (May 22-June 21), indicating a 12% rise compared with last year’s corresponding period. 
According to the Statistical Center of Iran, chicken accounted for 196,440 tons or 96.5% of the overall production while other types of poultry, such as turkey, quail, ostrich and partridge, amounted to 7,138 tons or 3.5% of the total poultry output during the period under review. 
“Export duties on five agricultural products, including poultry meat, egg, baby formula, cream and fat, have been removed amid the surplus emerging in the domestic market,” Agriculture Minister Javad Sadatinejad said recently.
The decision came after prices in the local market shot up dramatically, following the liberalization of the prices of essential goods, for the import of which the Iranian government allocated heavy subsidies for years.