In the local market, the demand for fried and roasted chicken is estimated at 640,000 parts per day and each consumer spends an average of $3.33 on each purchase.
Figures from the National Association of Poultry Farmers of Honduras (Anavih) detail that weekly consumption of cooked chicken amounts to about 4.4 million pieces and approximately 25% of total Honduran consumers buy this type of food.
When the economies of Central America begin to relax the restrictions that have been taken to prevent the spread of covid-19, it is expected that in the area of processed meats, sales of pork ham will be among the most contracted.
Using a demand/income sensitivity model developed by the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, it is possible to project the variations that household demand for different goods and services will undergo as the most critical phases of the spread of covid-19 are overcome and the measures restricting mobility in the countries of the region are lifted.
Due to the fact that preference for "vegetable" or plant-based meat is growing quickly in major global markets, food industry business groups have begun to make investments to meet this novel and growing market niche.
Foods that were once considered the exclusive consumption of vegans or vegetarians are now becoming popular, and in the case of the United States, in supermarkets it is increasingly normal to see meat products made from plants.
Both companies announced an agreement for La Estancia, Guatemalan and Ecuadorian capital, to acquire a stake in the Panamanian company Toledano.
La Estancia, a company that will have a stake in Toledano, is a consortium born from the merger of Procesadora Nacional de Alimentos C.A. (Pronaca), headquartered in Quito, Ecuador, and Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI), in Guatemala City.
In Honduras, annual per capita consumption is estimated at 11 pounds, but by 2025 producers expect the figure to rise to 18 pounds.
Figures from the National Association of Pig Farmers of Honduras (Anapoh) detail that during 2018 the consumption of pork in the country reached 103 million pounds, of which about 36 million pounds were produced locally, and the remaining volume was imported, mainly from the U.S.
In the Dominican Republic, outbreaks of avian influenza were reported in the localities of Corozo and Quebrada Honda, in the province of Espaillat.
The Dominican Ministry of Agriculture reported that the outbreak of the disease was caused by the A H5N2 virus, and that it has initiated actions to neutralize the virus's advance in the country.
During the last year, 70% of imports of poultry for fattening, poultry for breeding and processed meat were made by companies in Guatemala, Panama and Nicaragua.
From the "Poultry Market in Central America" report, developed by the Trade Intelligence Department of CentralAmericaData:
The union of poultry farmers of Honduras has denounced the fact that between 40,000 and 60,000 pounds of chicken are no longer entering the neighboring country due to obstacles "of a commercial nature".
According to the president of the Federation of Aviculturists of Honduras (Fedavih), Juan José Cruz, the situation is not occuring due to lack of sanitary permits, but rather to problems of a purely commercial nature.
From August 21st to 23rd,2018, poultry sector entrepreneurs from the region and the Dominican Republic will be meeting in San Pedro Sula to take part in business meetings and discuss relevant issues for the sector.
The event is being organized by the National Association of Aviculturists of Honduras (ANAVIH), and will be held at the Copantl Convention Center, starting at 8 am on Tuesday, August 21.
Currently the poultry industry has about 5.5 million birds for commercial supply and 14 million broilers, and this year they project growth of 4%.
Regarding the data on the sector, Marco Antonio Baquedano, coordinator of the National Poultry Program at the National Service for Agrifood Health and Safety (SENASA), told Latribuna.hn that "...
From August 8 to 10, 2018, the Central American Poultry Congress will be held in San Pedro Sula, with the expected participation of around 2,500 producers from the region.
The event will be held at Expo Centro San Pedro Sula and is being organized by the National Association of Aviculturists of Honduras, as a member of the Federation of Aviculturists of Central America and the Caribbean (Fedavicac).
The Hernández administration has denounced the fact that Guatemalan authorities are imposing non-tariff barriers on the entry of chicken from Honduras.
The head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Honduras, Jacobo Paz, announced that since they have not been able to resolve the problem with their counterparts in Guatemala, they will submit the case to the Council of the Minister of Economic Integration (Comieco).
Annual per capita consumption of chicken meat in Central American countries increased from 19.8 kilos in 2008 to 25.9 kilos in 2016, and growth was driven mainly by Panama.
The upward trend in regional chicken meat consumption has been steady in recent years, growing from 814,000 tons in 2008 to 1.2 million tons in 2016.
Climatic factors and a fall in international prices are some of the reasons for the reduction of 50% in the volume exported in 2016 compared to the previous year.
Two poultry plants that Inversiones Blackbird recently opened will have capacity to process about 7.5 million chickens a year.Bruce Burdett, owner of Blackbird Investments, explained to Laprensa.hn that"... they will produce more than a million chickens every seven weeks."
In 2016, the countries in the region sold 29 thousand tons of sausages, registering a 6% increase over 2015.
Figures from the information system on the Central American Market for Milk and Dairy Products, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with the graph"]