China Broiler Industry Situation and Future Trend
I. Grandparent white feather broiler breeder
In 2013, 15 companies imported grandparent white feather broiler breeders from oversea farms with a total import quantity of 1.54 million sets, increased 11.55% compared with that in 2012.
Largest Grandparent stock was imported in March, June, October and months with least introduction quantity are September (none), April and July.
II. Parent white feather broiler breeder
Monitoring companies are mainly large leading broiler breeding farms. Quantity of parent stock in monitoring companies shrank 5.29% compared to 2012 due to the influence of H7N9.
It is estimated that inventory of white feather broiler parent breeders was about 41.85 million sets.
III. Commercial white feather broiler
Average broiler price was about CNY 8.6/Kg in 2013, a 3.82% decrease from 2012
According to China Poultry Association, output of commercial white feather broiler was about 4.78 billion birds in 2013.
According to survey data of National broiler industry system, survival rate of broiler was 93.59%, 94.33% respectively in 2012, 2013; market weight was about 2.33Kg, 2.32 kg respectively. And output of commercial white feather broiler in 2013 was approximately 4.5 billion birds based on the former data, if assumed carcass rate was 75%, chicken meat production was about 7.8 million tonnes in 2013.
IV. Forecast
It is predicted that broiler meat price would go up with the rise of pork price in second half year of 2014.