European Union: Poultry and Products Annual

The EU-27 chicken sector is expected to contract moderately in 2020 before rebounding in 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown in most EU-27 countries led to a collapse of HRI demand that was not completely offset by an increase of at-home consumption. Next year we project a continuation of the overall trend with higher production driven by a slow but steady increase in domestic demand and increased exports. Thailand is now the largest supplier of chicken meat to the EU-27, superseding Brazil, now second. Ukraine is the third largest exporter, benefiting from a TRQ for chicken meat. EU-27 chicken meat exports are expected to decrease in 2020 due to the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak before resuming their growth in 2021. The growth is driven by a higher exports of low-priced dark meat cuts, bone-in cuts and mechanically deboned meat (MDM) to Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.

European Union: Poultry and Products Annual