Foie gras output set to rise 20% in 2023 after 35% drop in 2022
20 October 2023
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French foie gras output is ready to rise for the primary time in 5 years in 2023 as France begins vaccinating geese in opposition to avian influenza that has destroyed flocks in recent times, however commerce bans that adopted will weigh on exports, Reuters reported, citing producers on Thursday.
France has been among the many international locations worst affected by an unprecedented international unfold of extremely pathogenic avian influenza, generally referred to as chicken flu, that has disrupted provide of poultry and eggs and despatched costs rocketing in lots of components of the world up to now years.
To combat the unfold of the illness it began vaccinating 64 million geese early this month, making it the primary poultry exporter to take action and elevating hope amongst foie gras producers that it will put an finish to the disaster.
Producer group Cifog forecast foie gras output will rise 20% in 2023 to 9,855 metric tons after a drop of 35% in 2022, however nonetheless 26% beneath the typical of the 5 earlier years and half the quantity produced 10 years earlier.
Increased manufacturing prices, together with a part of vaccination, will result in one other rise in foie gras costs, pegged at 5% this yr, it stated.
On the export entrance, France’s avian influenza vaccination marketing campaign prompted a number of international locations to impose a ban on French poultry imports, together with Japan, France’s important foie gras export market outdoors Europe with a share of 10% in worth.
The US and Canada additionally imposed bans, though Canada has since restricted it to uncooked merchandise, Cifog added.
Though increasingly governments have been vaccination as a method to include the virus, a lot of the world’s largest poultry producers have resisted vaccination on account of issues it may masks the unfold of chicken flu and immediate commerce bans.
