Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Chicken sales continue to increase

Canadians continue to buy more chicken every year.

So far this year, they have bought 792 million kilograms, an increase of 2.1 per cent from last year.

And this year more of the chicken they bought was raised on Canadian farms – 692 million kilograms, an increase of 2.8 per cent.

Imports declined by about two per cent to about 100 million kilograms and exports declined by 8.7 per cent to 95.5 million kilograms.

Processors should be happy because wholesale prices have increased by 13.2 per cent.



Retail prices for boneless breast meat increased by 2.5 per cent in Ontario to $11.50 per kilogram, but plunged by 19 per cent in Quebec, yet at $12.72 per kilogram remained significantly higher than in Ontario.