September 8, 2020

Kazakhstan sees rise in poultry production

Kazakhstan has reported a yearly increase in poultry production, with cooled poultry meat production rising by 26% and frozen poultry meat production by 9%.

In January and July this year, cooled and fresh poultry production reached 60.5 thousand tonnes, increasing 26.2% compared to the previous year. Frozen poultry production has seen an 8.9% rise and reached 66.5 thousand tonnes.

Almaty, Akmola and East Kazakhstan regions have the largest production of poultry meat. According to Kazakhstan's Agriculture Ministry, eight poultry farms are to be commissioned by the end of 2020. Two farms -- Shymkent kus in the Turkestan region and KazAgros in the Kostanay region -- have been operational since year's beginning.

In the first six months of 2020, domestic poultry and edible poultry co-products production has accounted for 8% and totaled 117.4 thousand tonnes in carcass weight. Shymkent kus and KazAgros covered 63.2% of Kazakhstan's demand.

The country has imported 36.5% or 68.4 thousand tonnes of poultry as well as exporting 5.2 thousand tonnes of poultry meat, a 29.7% year-over-year decrease.

- Kazinform