Saudi Arabia: Poultry and Products Annual
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Broiler meat production in Saudi Arabia is expected to reach 670,000 MT in 2016, four percent higher than 2015. Saudi broiler production is projected to further rise to 700,000 MT in 2017. The modest increase in local production is mostly due to ongoing expansion in broiler meat production operations by the three largest Saudi poultry producers. Saudi broiler meat imports in 2016 are expected to decrease to 940,000 MT, a decline of about two percent, compared to 2015. In 2015, Brazil controlled 82 percent of the Saudi broiler meat import market with 789,302 MT, followed by France with 15 percent market share and the U.S. with 1 percent. Last year, Saudi Arabia exported 40,000 MT of broiler meat mainly to the GCC countries.
