1.2 Million Tons of Annual Idle Capacity in Poultry Industry

The installed capacity of Iran’s poultry industry is 3.2 million tons per year and given the domestic consumption of 2 million tons, there is an idle capacity of 1.2 million tons in this sector, according to the head of the Agriculture Commission of Iran Chamber of Cooperatives.
Referring to government restrictions on chicken exports, Arsalan Qasemi added that if the ground is prepared for sustainable exports, industrialists will be encouraged to produce and prices will be adjusted in the market and they will be able to import their own poultry feed.