Authorities from both countries signed a protocol that will allow Panamanian producers to export poultry meat to the Asian nation.
The agreement that was signed on November 17, 2020 by Panama's ambassador to China, Leonardo Kam, representing the Ministries of Health and Agricultural Development, and by the Director General of the General Administration of Customs of China, Ni Yuefeng, includes an annex with the list of ten eligible chicken edible by-products that would integrate the agreement.
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.
The Community Association for the Integral Development of Taxisco tenders the supply of 14,000 laying birds and 3,060 quintals of balanced food.
Guatemala Government Purchase 12057630:
"The Egg-Laying Birds must be birds with commercial laying genetics of the lines exploited in the country and that adapt to the conditions of the southern coast and different regions of the Republic of Guatemala.
Dominican authorities reported that an outbreak of the disease known as Newcastle has been detected in the poultry sector, affecting the areas of the Central Cibao.
The cases found are the result of the failure of some producers to vaccinate or to comply with the protocols established through the General Directorate of Livestock, an official source said.
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.
Businessmen in the sector estimate that local chicken meat production has contracted between 6% and 8% since the crisis began in April last year.
Data from the Central Bank of Nicaragua detail that during 2018 the industrial production of chicken meat totaled 298 million pounds. In the case of production reported for this year, directors of the National Association of Poultry Producers and Food Producers (Anapa) explain that in the first five months of 2019 there was a 6% decrease in the volume produced, compared to the same period in 2018.
The poultry farmers' union reports that in 2018 the gross value produced by the poultry sector, which includes chicken meat and eggs, totaled $390 million, 2% more than in the previous year.
Figures from the National Association of Poultry Farmers of Panama (Anavip) detail that last year the production of chicken meat was 110 million birds, while egg production totaled 704 million units.
Between 2017 and 2018, the number of hens and chickens in the country reported an 8% increase, which is explained by the variations registered in the provinces of Cocle and Panama.
The General Comptroller of the Republic presented the results of livestock production in the country during 2018. Data show that between 2017 and 2018 the number of hens and chickens increased by 1.97 million, from 25.44 million to 27.41 million.
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 first quarter of this year, the National Insurance Institute will begin to offer two new policy modalities aimed at the aquaculture and poultry sectors.
The Executive President of the National Insurance Institute (INS), Elian Villegas Valverde, explained last January 9 that the Poultry Insurance will cover hens for breeding, broiler and laying hens for consumption, while the Aquaculture Insurance, will focus on shrimp, fish and snapper spot.
In 2017 the contribution of the poultry sector to the Panamanian economy amounted to $373 million, which represents an increase of 26% compared to the figure registered in 2016.
According to data from the National Association of Poultry Farmers of Panama (Anavip), in relation to 2016, last year egg production grew by 8% and chicken meat by 4%, and the activity was concentrated mainly in the provinces of Western Panama, Veraguas, Coclé, Colón, Los Santos and Chiriqui.
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 "...
The poultry producers' association estimates that production of chicken meat has grown by almost 40% in the last nine years, while annual per capita consumption went from 68 pounds in 2007 to 92 pounds at present.
The figures are estimates from the National Association of Poultry Farmers (Anavip), whose data indicates that in 2008 around 250 million pounds were produced, 100 million pounds less than current annual production.
Up to September 2017, the number of head of cattle decreased by 2% compared to the same month in 2016, while pigs increased by 3%.
According to figures from the Livestock Survey, prepared by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), as of September 2017 there were 1.5 million cattle, 398 thousand pigs and 25.4 million hens and young chickens.
Between 8% and 10% is the rate of growth in egg production this year estimated by the association of poultry farmers.
Data from the National Association of Poultry Farmers and Food Producers (Anapa), indicate that this year an average daily production of 79,452 boxes of eggs has been reached, above the 60 thousand produced last year.