October 18, 2022

Dominican Republic sees overproduction, surplus of chicken

The use of new technologies and automation in chicken productions at the local level in the Dominican Republic has sped up and multiplied the production of chicken meat to such an extent that there is now a surplus in the country.

Several members of the Dominican Poultry Association (ADA) reported on October 14 that they have an overproduction of thousands of these young chickens that are part of the essential family basket of the Dominican Republic.

The commercial operation director of Pollo Cibao, Pedro José Bencosme Candelier, commented that, at least in the case of this company, they have a surplus of 700,000 chickens.

In this context, he said importing this poultry is unnecessary, explaining that they can provide this product to local residents now and in the coming months. "The poultry part has the capacity to produce above, which today is around 20 million chicken per month without any problem… Therefore, imports at this time are surplus," Bencosme Candelier said to journalists.

Addressing the import of raw materials, he argued that the industry had no problem other than the delays of shipments at a time of increased costs due to the prolonged war in Ukraine.

"Chicken is one of the raw materials necessary for the basic food basket," said Bencosme Candelier. "Every day, it becomes necessary to produce more protein in the short term and chicken is the fastest thing to find right now."

- Dominican Today