Saudi Arabia: Poultry and Products Annual
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Chicken meat production is expected to continue to rise as the Kingdom pursues a goal of 80% self-sufficiency by 2025. The current percentage exceeds 60%. 2020 Saudi chicken meat production is estimated at 930,000 MT. Production is forecast to increase to 950,000 MT in 2021. Saudi chicken meat imports in 2020 are likely to reach 550,000 MT and are projected at 625,000 MT for 2021. Brazil supplies most of Saudi Arabia’s poultry imports. And Saudi Arabia is Brazil’s second most important export market for chicken meat. U.S. exports of chicken meat to Saudi Arabia continue to be blocked by the Saudi ban on electric immobilization.
