Poultry International - January 2010

Poultry production to
grow further in Turkey

Turkey’s poultry
industry has

Principal broiler exporting countries and Turkey
forecast 2008-2018 (000 metric tons)
expanded notably
and this growth is set
to continue over the
decade ahead.

Country

USA Brazil Thailand Turkey

Source: FAPRI Briefing 2009.

2008

3,018

3,330

350

80

2009

2,748

3,384

354

95

2010

2,784

3,412

385

114

2018

3,425

4,201

496

463

Turkey’s exports are expected to grow and producers are expecting to make inroads into Arabian markets and the Russian Federation.

Over the last 15 years, Turkish broiler meat production has recorded significant growth. Volumes have grown from 417,539 metric tons in 1995 to 1,260,000 last year. Looking ahead, the country’s broiler meat production is set to more than double before the end of this decade and approach 3 million metric tons.

With demand growing on the home and international markets, Turkey’s poultry producers are gaining an ever-increasing share of the global market. While the country ranks towards the lower reaches of the world’s 20 largest producers, growing demand, together with greater compliance with international standards, mean that it can be expected to become an ever more important player.

The industry has not been problem
free however. Like other countries,
the economic crisis has a;ected
production. Nevertheless, volumes
were 15% higher in 2008 than in 2007,
and by last year had risen to 1,260,000
metric tons. This strong growth is
expected to continue.

By 2018, per capita
poultry meat
consumption is
expected to reach

29.14 kg.

Turkish producers face little competition on the home market from overseas producers as the country’s poultry meat imports are legible. Five large producers are thought to account for some half of the country’s total production.

National consumption

On the home market, poultry meat has become the main source of animal protein.

In 1990, per capita consumption stood at 3. 8 kg. By 2005, this figure had risen to 14 kg, and by 2008 stood at 15.64 kg. Not only has poultry meat consumption increased but it has taken market share from red meat, production of which is in decline.

Per capita consumption is, therefore, similar to that of Japan, but yet continues to fall slightly below the level of consumption in the EU.

Industry association BESD-BIR, which represents 90% of the industry forecasts, however, that there will be a further significant increase in local consumption. By 2018, per capita poultry meat consumption is expected to reach 29.14 kg, while that of the EU is expected to grow only slightly from 17. 20 kg to 18. 10 kg over the same period.