Saudi Arabia: Poultry and Products Annual
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Broiler meat production in Saudi Arabia is expected to reach 700,000 MT in 2015, about 8 percent higher than production in 2014. Production is projected to further rise to 780,000 MT in 2016. The large increase in Saudi broiler production is attributed mostly to ongoing expansion projects by the three largest poultry producers. Total Saudi broiler meat imports in 2015 are expected to reach a record high of 900,000 MT, an increase of 13 percent compared to 793,000 MT imported the year before. In 2014, Brazil supplied 81 percent of Saudi Arabia’s broiler meat imports, followed by France with a 15 percent market share, then the U.S. with two percent. Saudi Arabia has imposed temporary import bans on imported poultry and eggs products from several states in the U.S. that have confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in their poultry farms.
