Turkey's poultry production down in June

By Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA

Turkey's poultry production -- including eggs, slaughtered chicken, and chicken meat -- fell in June on a yearly basis, the country's statistical authority announced on Tuesday.

In June, hen egg production in the country inched down 0.7 percent compared to the same month last year, reaching 1.51 billion units, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat).

The institute stated that the number of slaughtered chickens and turkeys topped 102 million and 572,000 units, respectively.

"The number of slaughtered chickens decreased by 2.5 percent compared with the same month of the previous year," it said.

"The number of slaughtered turkeys increased by 33.3 percent compared with the same month of the previous year."

TurkStat said while chicken meat production in June was nearly 179,000 tons, turkey meat production was 6,200 tons.

The institute noted that chicken meat production fell by 1.3 percent in June year-on-year, adding that turkey meat production rose 37.8 percent on a yearly basis.

The statistical authority will release the next poultry production report on Sept. 13.