January 29, 2024
The state of India's poultry meat and egg market in 2023

Based on the latest statistics from India's Animal Husbandry Ministry, the country's total egg production was 138.38 billion during the 2022-23 period.
The top five egg-producing Indian states are Andhra Pradesh (20.13%), Tamil Nadu (15.58%), Telangana (12.77%), Bengal (9.93%) and Karnataka (6.51%) — they together contribute around 65% to the national total egg output. India's total egg production from commercial poultry is 118.16 billion (85.40%) while backyard poultry makes up 20.20 billion (14.60%).
In 2022-23, the country's poultry meat production is around five million metric tonnes, contributing around 51% to total meat production. Poultry meat production also increased by 4.52% over the previous year.
The top five poultry meat-producing states are Bengal, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. They together contribute around 50% to total poultry meat production.
As placements rose beyond projected demand in November, the selling prices of poultry meat were lower than production costs after the Diwali festival. In the last two weeks of December, demand for poultry meat and eggs is expected to rise by 25-30%.
Export-wise, poultry products, like eggs and egg powder, registered a 43% growth at $81 million in the first six months of the current financial year (March to August 2023) as compared to $57 million last year. Exports are driven by strong demand from Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Oman, with Bangladesh and Afghanistan expected to place orders for eggs.
Sri Lanka bought almost 100 containers of eggs from India (the number of eggs per container is about 487,000); Malaysia bought 10 containers. Oman continues to be the biggest buyer of Indian poultry products, followed by Japan and Sri Lanka.
Other major buyers of Indian poultry products include Maldives, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Meanwhile, poultry integrators in India are venturing into poultry meat processing to meet the needs of the fast food industry; multinational fast-food companies, such as KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonald's, demand the best quality processed chicken produced to Western standards.
In relation to that development, the country's quick service restaurant (QSR) sector has grown at an annual rate of 40% for the last two decades. It is estimated that the QSR sector will continue to grow at 20% for the next three or five years. As such, more poultry integrators are expected to step into primary and secondary poultry processing.
- Dr. Dinesh Bhosale, eFeedLink