Polish poultry exports increase by 35%

    Exports of Polish livestock, meat, offal and processed poultry in terms of volume increased by 35 percent y/y in the period from January to November 2016, the Foreign Agricultural Markets Monitoring (FAMMU/FAPA) announced, citing data from the European Commission. The total exports to outside the common market from all EU countries in the same period reached 1.34 million tons of poultry – an increase of 8 percent y/y, according to the report. The biggest recipients of poultry from the EU in the period from January to November last year were South Africa, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Benin and the Philippines. The largest suppliers of poultry to the EU market remained Brazil (54 percent of total imports), with an increase in shipments of 2 percent per annum to 416,000 metric tonnes.