Growth in Poultry Output

A total of 202,246 tons of poultry meat were produced in Iran’s official slaughterhouses in the first month of the current fiscal year (March 21-April 20), indicating an 11.7% rise compared with last year’s corresponding period. 
According to the Statistical Center of Iran, chicken accounted for 197,099 tons or 97.4% of the overall production while other types of poultry, such as turkey, quail, ostrich and partridge, amounted to 5,213 tons or 2.6% of the overall 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.