Books – Islam Saeed
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 07:15 PM
Sameh Al-Sayed declared Head of the Poultry Division In the Chamber of Commerce, that 100,000 tons of frozen poultry were put on the market, imported from Brazil, and are less than their counterparts in the market by more than 30%, indicating that these quantities are offered at the outlets of government agencies, including those of the Ministry of Supply.
He added, in statements to “The Seventh Day”, that the proposed weights are from poultry Frozen chicken starts from a kilo and reaches 1.5 kilos, within the framework of government policies that aim to control the price movement of chicken following its recent price hike, so that a kilo is traded above 95 pounds for the consumer.
The head of the Poultry Division pointed out that the coming period will witness the introduction of quantities of imported poultry on a large scale in various outlets and exhibitions to control the price before the holy month of Ramadan, expecting a decrease in prices in local poultry during the middle of next March.
In another context, the head of the Poultry Division revealed that a tripartite meeting was held between feed producing companies, the Ministry of Agriculture and representatives of farmers, in order to ensure the expansion of corn cultivation as well as ensuring that farmers obtain a suitable price for corn to expand its cultivation in the coming period in order to secure the market needs of feed.