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Turkey's poultry and egg production continues to surpass year-ago levels in February

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Turkish chicken meat production reached 166,590 tons, the Turkey meat production totaled 4,647 tons, while the hen egg production was 1.6 billion units, according to the latest data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute.

Posted on Apr 16 ,15:18

Turkey's poultry and egg production continues to surpass year-ago levels in February

Turkey reported a decline in its chicken meat production by 8.2% in February compared to the previous month but it was still above year-earlier levels by 5.2%.

Turkey meat production decreased by 11.1% in February compared with the previous month and increased by 91.9% compared with the same month of the previous year.

Meanwhile, hen egg production decreased by 8.4% in February compared with the previous month and increased by 3.7% compared with the same month of the previous year.

The number of slaughtered chicken was 94 million heads in February, while the number of slaughtered turkeys was 439 thousand units.

Regarding the number of slaughtered chicken, it decreased by 9.5% in February compared with the previous month and increased by 5.2% compared with the same month of the previous year. The number of the slaughtered turkey decreased by 5.3% in February compared with the previous month and increased by 74.3% compared with the same month of the previous year.

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