The department: poultry records 62 pounds at the farm and the actual cost per kilo is 70 pounds.

Poultry prices continued to drop in the markets as the price per kilo today stood at about 62 pounds at the farm compared to 65 pounds at the end of last week | Masrawy

Samy El-Sayed, head of the Poultry Division at the Giza Chamber of Commerce, said that poultry prices continue to fall in the markets, with the price per kilo today at about 62 pounds at the farm compared to 65 pounds at the end of last week. El-Sayed added to Masrawy that the actual cost of a kilo of poultry is about 70 pounds, with a price gap of about 8 pounds per kilo, which is causing significant losses for breeders. El-Sayed confirmed to Masrawy that the sector is currently going through a difficult phase due to the continued drop in poultry prices at farms to levels below the cost of production, which puts breeders in front of continuous losses and threatens the exit of small breeders from the system. He attributed the continued decline in prices to a state of saturation and the seasonal effect that follows Eid al-Adha, during which the markets usually witness a relative calm in purchasing activity. Regarding exports, the head of the Poultry Division explained that Egyptian ...