Egyptian poultry prices rise as farmgate costs weigh on producers

Egyptian poultry and egg prices have risen this week, with retail chicken reaching 85 Egyptian pounds per kilogram, industry officials said.

• Poultry prices rose in Egyptian markets this week, with a kilogram of chicken selling for 85 Egyptian pounds at retail.
• Abdelaziz El-Sayed, head of the poultry division at the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce, said farmgate prices reached 75–76 pounds per kilogram.
• The cabinet's price portal listed white chicken from 87.31 pounds and baladi chicken up to 122.41 pounds per kilogram, with egg cartons averaging 120.15 pounds.