The yr began sturdy, however fizzled out
15 July 2024
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The yr 2023 began positively for Bulgarian poultry manufacturing with 9.5% larger poultry numbers from the yr earlier than, in line with a latest US Division of Agriculture (USDA) International Agricultural Info Community (GAIN) report.
This included a 21% enhance within the variety of broilers. This development, nevertheless, melted all year long as a result of difficult manufacturing state of affairs and ended with broiler numbers down 11% on the finish of the yr. On the identical time, duck numbers grew by 18%. Consequently, on the finish of 2023, complete poultry numbers have been 6.4% decrease in comparison with the beginning of the yr.
Rooster meat provide
Commercialisation and consolidation on Bulgarian farms has continued, and enormous farms accounted for 99% of Bulgaria’s complete rooster numbers in 2023. Vertical integration continued to form the business. Nonetheless, as a consequence of a difficult yr 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 biggest farms with over 100,000 chicken numbers have been additionally negatively impacted, and their quantity declined by 21% from 2022. The chicken numbers in all classes of farms additionally decreased aside from small farms with as much as 10,000 chicken 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 knowledge for industrial manufacturing at slaughterhouses in 2023 signifies steady broiler slaughter (+0.7 p.c in comparison with 2022). The common carcass weight for broilers went down by 0.4% as a consequence of feeding optimisation and this resulted in flat broiler meat output, on the identical stage as in 2022 (90,500 MT).
Broiler costs have been depressed at a median of €209.10/100 kg for 2023 with a 2.8% decline in comparison with 2022, whereas the EU had a median 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, as a consequence of decrease buying energy due to inflation and shopper incomes lagging behind costs. This occurred at instances of accelerating manufacturing prices and had a damaging affect on producers’ margins.
Poultry meat provide
Business poultry slaughter had 1.8% development in comparison with 2022 (nationwide knowledge reveals barely larger poultry slaughter at slaughterhouses of two.3%) whereas industrial poultry meat manufacturing had a small development of 1.4 p.c at 121,000 MT. Non-commercial slaughter nonetheless exists though its share is small. In 2023, lower than one p.c of poultry was slaughtered at farms, producing additionally about 1% of poultry meat. This meat normally doesn’t enter industrial 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 as a consequence 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.
