Chicken egg production decreased by 1% in January when compared to the previous month and increased by 7.4% when compared to the same month of the previous year.
The number of slaughtered chickens was 94 million and the number of slaughtered turkeys was 272 thousand
The number of slaughtered chicken decreased by 0.8% in January when compared to the previous month and increased by 11.7% compared to the same month of the previous year. The number of turkeys slaughtered in January decreased by 54% compared to the previous month and increased by 3.2% compared to the same month of the previous year.
Chicken meat production was 161 699 tons and turkey meat production was 2 793 tons.
Chicken meat production decreased by 1% in January when compared to the previous month and increased by 12.9% when compared to the same month of the previous year. Turkey meat production decreased by 36.2% in January compared to the previous month and decreased by 3.6% compared to the same month of the previous year.
Production of chicken meat, January 2017
According to the season and calendar adjusted series, chicken meat production increased by 1.6% compared to the previous month. According to the calendar adjusted series, chicken meat production increased by 13.2% compared to the same month of the previous year.