Industrial Chicken Farms’ PPI Up 50% in 2018-19

The Producer Price Index for industrial chicken farms (using 2011 as the base year) stood at 409.86 in the last Iranian year (March 2018-19), indicating a 50.23% increase compared with the year before. 
The PPI for chicken increased by 89.41% and for eggs by 32.65% year-on-year.
Gilan Province posted the highest growth with 132.52% and Ardabil saw the lowest increase in the index with 25.62%, the Statistical Center of Iran reported.
The index registered year-on-year growth during all four quarters of last year: The biggest YOY increase was posted in Q4 (Dec. 22, 2018-March 20) with 79.38%.