UK Poultry and Poultry Meat Statistics
25 April 2013
UK Poultry and Poultrymeat Statistics - April 2013
Key Points
This release shows the latest monthly information on poultry outputs, including hatchery, slaughtering, production and trade statistics. The key results for March 2013 are given below:
- UK broiler chick placings were 3.2 per cent higher than March 2012 at 73 million birds and UK turkey placings were 7.5 per cent lower than March 2012 at 1.0 million birds.
- UK broiler slaughterings were 3.8 per cent higher than March 2012 at 69 million birds. UK turkey slaughterings were 1.7 per cent lower than March 2012 at 0.9 million birds.
- UK poultry meat production was 121 thousand tonnes, 2.0 per cent higher than in March 2012.
United Kingdom Hatcheries Data – Placings and Eggs Set
The tables below show the number of chicks placed and eggs set by United Kingdom hatcheries. The number of birds placed each month shown below give an indication of future poultry meat and egg production. The number of eggs set each month indicates how many birds will be available for placing in future months. The surveys are run according to statistical, rather than calendar, months with January, April, July and October being five week periods and other months being four week periods. The effect of this is clearly seen in the charts. The twelve month moving totals can be used to get a clearer idea of trends.
Table 1.1: Commercial Broiler Chicks Placed in the UK from UK Hatcheries
Millions

Chart 1.1: Commercial Broiler Chicks Placed in the UK from UK Hatcheries

Table 1.2: Female Broiler Parent Chicks Placed in the UK from UK Hatcheries (a,b,c)
Millions

(c) Includes imported female parent chicks
Table 1.3: Turkey Poults Placed in the UK from UK Hatcheries (a)
Millions

April 2013
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