The 12 months began sturdy, however fizzled out
15 July 2024
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The 12 months 2023 began positively for Bulgarian poultry manufacturing with 9.5% increased poultry numbers from the 12 months earlier than, in response to a current US Division of Agriculture (USDA) World Agricultural Data Community (GAIN) report.
This included a 21% enhance within the variety of broilers. This development, nevertheless, melted all year long because of the difficult manufacturing scenario and ended with broiler numbers down 11% on the finish of the 12 months. On the identical time, duck numbers grew by 18%. Consequently, on the finish of 2023, whole poultry numbers had been 6.4% decrease in comparison with the beginning of the 12 months.
Rooster meat provide
Commercialisation and consolidation on Bulgarian farms has continued, and huge farms accounted for 99% of Bulgaria’s whole rooster numbers in 2023. Vertical integration continued to form the business. Nevertheless, because of a difficult 12 months in 2023, the variety of broiler farms decreased by 13% and the decline was unfold over all classes of farms. In contrast to up to now, the most important farms with over 100,000 fowl numbers had been additionally negatively impacted, and their quantity declined by 21% from 2022. The fowl numbers in all classes of farms additionally decreased apart from small farms with as much as 10,000 fowl numbers.
A complete of 20 slaughterhouses operated within the nation, of which 14 for broilers and eight specialised for geese solely. The most recent Eurostat month-to-month information for business manufacturing at slaughterhouses in 2023 signifies steady broiler slaughter (+0.7 % in comparison with 2022). The typical carcass weight for broilers went down by 0.4% because of feeding optimisation and this resulted in flat broiler meat output, on the identical stage as in 2022 (90,500 MT).
Broiler costs had been depressed at a mean of €209.10/100 kg for 2023 with a 2.8% decline in comparison with 2022, whereas the EU had a mean development in broiler costs of 6.4%. Bulgaria was one of many only a few EU member-states with a decline in broiler costs, reportedly, because of decrease buying energy due to inflation and client incomes lagging behind costs. This occurred at instances of accelerating manufacturing prices and had a adverse impression on producers’ margins.
Poultry meat provide
Industrial poultry slaughter had 1.8% development in comparison with 2022 (nationwide information reveals barely increased poultry slaughter at slaughterhouses of two.3%) whereas business poultry meat manufacturing had a small development of 1.4 % at 121,000 MT. Non-commercial slaughter nonetheless exists though its share is small. In 2023, lower than one % of poultry was slaughtered at farms, producing additionally about 1% of poultry meat. This meat normally doesn’t enter business channels and is used for family consumption at farms and in rural areas.
In contrast to up to now when non-commercial manufacturing has been steadily shrinking, in 2023 it had a small development, primarily because of meals inflation which inspired extra subsistence farming and residential use. With non-commercial manufacturing included, the entire home poultry meat provide was at 122,000 MT, 2.4% greater than in 2022.
