The Turkish Statistical Institute released poultry production statistics for June.
Chicken meat production reached 232,238 tonnes in June. Production increased by 14.7% compared with the same month last year and by 14.8% from the previous month.
Chicken egg production rose year on year
Chicken egg production fell by 1% month on month in June but rose by 21% year on year. A total of 1.838 billion chicken eggs were produced during this period.
More than 123 million chickens were slaughtered
The number of chickens slaughtered in June rose by 14.4% compared with the same month last year, reaching 123.325 million.
During the January-June period, chicken egg production increased by 18.6%, the number of chickens slaughtered by 1.2% and chicken meat production by 0.3% compared with the same period last year.