Meat imports up 11.3% in Jan-April

THE Philippines recorded higher meat imports from January to April this year, driven by a larger volume of pork and chicken shipments, the Department of Agriculture reported.Data from the DA's Bureau of Animal Industry showed that the country's meat imports during the first four months of 2024 was recorded at 396.38 million kilograms , up 11.3 percent from 356.01 million kg posted in the same period last year.Majority of the meat shipments were pork with about 193.

3 million kg posted in 2023.The largest increase in the volume of imported meat was seen in turkey. It went up by 438.03 percent to 483,634 kg from 89,889 kg logged in 2023.Lamb shipments, meanwhile, were lower by 27.3 percent during the period, and was registered at 167,749 kg in comparison to last year's import level of 230,854 kg.BAI figures also showed that duck meat imports went down by 59.4 percent to 51,738 kg from 127,631 kg posted the previous year.

Imports Up 11.3% In Jan-April

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