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Polish poultry industry is ready to grow again
The Polish poultry industry is recovering from a devastating six month period. First, its exports was were hit by the AI epidemic when, a few months later, the COVID-19 pandemic inflicted even more damage. Now companies are ready to regain their position on the global poultry market and are even planning to expand into Africa and Asia. Some challenges remain, however.
Dariusz Gos zc- zyn ski, director of the Polish Na- tional Poultry Council – Cham- ber of Com- merce, saw his sector hit hard by AI and COVID-19.
BY VLADISLAV VOROTNIKOV “T 6
he last couple of years have been very prof- itable for the Polish poultry industry, pro- duction grew every year. Growth was driven by the dynamic export developments and,
to a lesser extent, growing domestic consumption,” Dariusz Goszczynski, director of the Polish National Poultry Council – Chamber of Commerce (KRD-IG) told Poultry World. Statistics show that that average poultrymeat consumption increased
in 2019 to 27.5 kilos per capita, 0.5kg or 1.9% more than in 2018. Over the same period poultrymeat consumption in the EU increased by 0.1kg, or 0.4%. Based on a year-on-year com- parison, overall poultry production in 2019 went up by 1.9% to 2.8 million tonnes. Polish poultry producers ended 2019 on a high but the start of 2020 came with a major setback. The first outbreak of avian influenza in Poland was officially confirmed on 2 Janu- ary 2020. Since then, there have been 34 new outbreaks on farms. The last outbreak was confirmed in late March. “The closure of lucrative non-EU markets, such as China and South Africa, was the greatest blow to Polish producers of poultry- meat and poultry products,” Goszczynski said. He added that swift action to contain the virus limited the number of out- breaks substantially. Goszcynski: “During an outbreak three years ago we saw double the number of infections. This time around the virus was under control quite quickly. Now, after the summer, we can officially state that Poland is free of AI. In accordance with the international provisions, the state can re- start exports three months after the last outbreak was sup- pressed. This creates a sound foundation for the further de- velopment of the poultry industry in Poland – returning to markets previously lost and further diversification of the sale of poultry products”.
▶ POULTRY WORLD | No. 8, 2020
PHOTOS: VLADISLAV VOROTNIKOV
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