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Caribbean Poultry Industry - Key Poultry Statistics 2005

Per Capita Consumption  
Poultry Consumption - 40kg per annum
Chicken as a Percentage of all Meats - 86%
   
Sales & GDP  
Retail Sales - 415 m USD
Ex Factory Sales - 360 m USD
Farm Cash Receipts - 240 m USD
Processing and Farm GDP - 135 m USD
   
Regional Supply  
Chicken Consumption - 265,000 MT
Chicken Production - 175,000 MT
Chicken Imports -   95,000 MT
Chicken Exports -        750 MT
Local Production as a Percentage of Consumption -          65%
   
10 yr Growth in Production to 1999 - 30%+
   
Poultry Processing  
Processors - 30 Plants
Small Scale Processors - 4,000 Shops
Hatcheries - 35 Plants
Feed Mills - 30 Plants
Grain Terminals - 5 Terminals
Trucks - 500 Trucks
Assets Employed - 300+ m USD
   
Poultry Farming  
Broilers Produced - 110 m Broilers
Commercial Poultry Farmers - 3,000 Farms
Small Scale Chicken Farmers - 12,000 Farms