Poultry meat export signals recovery: department

A chicken processing factory in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)

Poultry meat export has shown signs of bouncing back since the beginning of 2023, according to the Department of Livestock Husbandry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The department said Vietnam shipped over 1.6 million USD worth of poultry meat abroad in February, doubling that in January and higher than the 86,500 USD in revenue posted in the same period of 2022.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) was the biggest importer of poultry meat, accounting for 28.6%, followed by Malaysia 24.8%.

Meanwhile, poultry egg exports in February were estimated at more than 501,500 USD, over doubling the value recorded a year earlier.

The department said poultry farming developed stably in the first quarter of 2023, with a population of about 551.4 million, 563,200 tonnes of meat, and 4.7 billion eggs, respectively increasing 2.4%, 4.2%, and 4.5% year on year.

Last year, the country exported nearly 3.77 million USD worth of poultry meat, falling sharply from the 20.7 million USD in 2021, statistics show./.