Egg production in Turkey increased by 20.4 percent in September
The Turkish Statistical Institute shared the poultry production statistics for September. Accordingly, increases were recorded in chicken meat and egg production.
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) published the poultry production data for the September 2026 period. According to the announced figures, increases were recorded in chicken meat and chicken egg production compared to the same month of the previous year.
According to the September 2026 data shared by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), chicken meat production reached 240,723 tons in September. In the same period, egg production amounted to 2 billion 76 million 674 thousand units. While the annual increase in chicken meat was 5.2 percent, the rise in egg production reached 20.4 percent. The number of slaughtered chickens was recorded as 130 million 324 thousand in September, increasing by 5.9 percent.
In the January-September period of the first nine months of the year, chicken egg production showed an increase of 19 percent. During the same period, the number of slaughtered chickens rose by 1.9 percent and chicken meat production by 1.8 percent.