BAYRAKTAR: IRAQ'S IMPORT BAN AFFECTS THE POULTRY SECTOR VERY BADLY
Press release... Ankara - 12.07.2019 Turkey Chambers of Agriculture Union (TZOB) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar said that the poultry sector incurred serious difficulties because of the interruption of exporting eggs to Iraq. Bayraktar held a press conference and said, "The industry can maintain its current production, to be able to continue to provide employment, losing its added value to the continued export connected. Just one market-weighted export, as in Iraq, causes problems." "In May, egg production increased by 1.2 percent compared to the same month of the previous year 1 billion 603 million units, 1 billion 622 million units rose, but chicken meat production decreased by 3.3 percent from 200 thousand tons to 193 thousand tons" Bayraktar said. Despite the increase in the export of poultry meat and products, Bayraktar noted that exports of eggs and egg products have declined. "Poultry meat and meat exports increased by 27.1 percent in May compare...