PH meat imports are up 10% this year
The Philippines has increased the volume of meat imported in the first four months of 2022 by 10%, reaching a volume of 350,000 tonnes brought into the market during this period, according to data released by the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI). BAI data showed that higher pork and chicken meat imports drove the double-digit growth rate in the overall volume of imported meat products during the reference period.
The country’s pork imports from January to April expanded by a fifth to 186,220 tonnes from 154,464 tonnes in the same period of last year, based on BAI data. Pork imports accounted for 53.2% of the total meat imports during the four-month period. BAI data showed that imports of pork cuts and pork bellies, which accounted for about half of the total pork imports, reached 91,371 tonnes. The country’s chicken meat imports increased by 4.35% to 102,200 tonnes from last year’s 97,980 tonnes driven by higher purchases of chicken cuts and mechanically deboned meat, statistical data reveals. Meanwhile, BAI data showed that the country’s imports of beef, buffalo meat, lamb meat, duck meat, and turkey meat contracted year-on-year during the four-month period.
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