In order to lower the cost of chicken meat in the country, the government plans to import the product for domestic consumption.
This measure, however, is not viewed favorably by the Association of Small and Medium Poultry Producers of Nicaragua (APEMEP) who believe that it could have a negative effect on its activity.
The president of the association, Alfonso Valerio, said in a story by Christian Marenco, of El Nuevo Diario: "I hope that satisfactory agreements are achieved, because making these massive imports does not solve things. Prices are driven by international price increases. Corn rose from nine to 15 dollars, soybeans 19 to $ 26, so how are we going to lower the price, if our cost’s increase?“
Source: elnuevodiario.com.ni
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September 2011
The government will take further action to authorize the importation of duty free chicken in order to curb the rise in prices.
So announced the Deputy Minister of Industry, Development and Trade (Mific), Verónica Rojas, "Will we have to take other measures? Possibly. That will depend on how things develop over the next fifteen days."
March 2009
78 million chickens were produced in 2008 and they expect to reach one million laying hens in 2009.
Jorge Ulloa, president of the National Association Honduran Farmers told La Prensa that they "will continue exporting to Central American countries like Guatemala and El Salvador. They also want to open the market in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and the Caribbean," and that "they will continue exporting chicken legs to China."
September 2011
In order to avoid further increases to the consumer, the government has allowed the import of 1,150 tons of duty free chicken.
The Nicaraguan Minister of Development, Industry and Commerce (Mific in Spanish), Orlando Solórzano, said the move is in response to an increase in the price per kilo from $2.15 to $ 2.44, made unilaterally by the distributors, without the endorsement of the authorities, and without respecting an agreement, which was "that the price of chicken would be kept frozen until December."
July 2009
99.246 kilograms of chicken meat were exported in the first half of 2009, 70% less than the 326.682 kilograms exported in the same period of 2008.
Donald Tuckler, executive secretary at the Nicaraguan Poultry Producers Association (Anapa, spanish acronym), indicated that, given the failure of the sale to Venezuela, they are analyzing exporting to Guatemala and Costa Rica, recovering the Honduran market, maintaining exports to Dominican Republic, and "taking advantage of any other opportunity".
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