Breeds of layer parent
stocks and percentage
of market share
Breed
Hisex
Lohmann
H & N Brown
Nick
Hyline
ISA Brown
ISA Warren
2008
32. 31
21.58
2009
34. 23
23. 28
18. 27 21.70
2.74
15.48
9.62
2. 17
11. 33
11.06
Market penetration varies considerably
from supplier to supplier.
Sources of supply
of day-old female
parent stocks (%)
Country of
origin
France
Germany
Holland
United Kingdom
Year
2008 2009
19.41 29.58
54.33 38. 24
21.75 32. 18
4.52 0
Three European countries account for most
imports of day-old female parent stock.
Production capacity
of layer breeding
companies (2009)
Annual
production
capacity (million
day-old pullets)
Below 1
1 - < 2
2 - < 4
4 - < 8
>- 8
Total
Number of
companies
0
1
1
2
1
5
The annual production capacity of day-old pullets ranged from approx. 1.87
million to 11.43 million chicks.
insurance and freight value of RM10.09
million. There were no exports of layer
birds reported last year.
Malaysia did, however, record
exports of fertile eggs last year, mainly
to Indonesia and Hong Kong, with a
total of 3,003,960 being exported.
The DVS further reports that feed
prices, despite fluctuations, remained
high last year, with an average price
of RM1,592 per metric ton of layer
feed.
The egg industry is
expected to continue
expanding this year
Table egg production
According to the Federation
of Livestock Farmers of Malaysia,
there are approximately 374 layer
farms in the country, producing
7,772 million eggs per annum. Six
companies are thought to product
in excess of 1 million eggs each day.
All eggs are marketed through
wholesalers as fresh in shell eggs, and
there are presently two egg processing
plants in operation producing various
forms of liquid eggs for the bakery and
confectionary industries.
The DVM reports slightly di;erent
figures, reporting that egg production
stood at 7,629 billion last year, an
increase of 1.5% compared with the
year before. For 2010, this is expected
to climb to 8,295. Production on a
daily basis ranged from 15. 40 million
to 25.03 million, and this is expected
to stand at between 19. 19 million and
26.78 million this year. ◻
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