# Poultry players fear rise in cheaper imports - The HinduBusinessLine

> Indian poultry producers fear that soaring chicken prices, driven by higher feed costs, could encourage cheaper frozen poultry imports from the US and Brazil. Soybean prices have roughly doubled over the past year and maize prices remain firm, pushing production costs up about 40%. Retail chicken is selling between ₹260 and ₹300 per kg.

- Date: 2021-07-23 · published 2021-07-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46217-poultry-players-fear-rise-in-cheaper-imports-the-hindubusinessline
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Higher soybean meal and corn costs are squeezing Indian broiler margins and could shift demand toward imported poultry, which would support US and Brazilian poultry exports and keep feed demand firm.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2026-06-12 | [Feed makers worried over rise in soyameal prices - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18885-feed-makers-worried-over-rise-in-soyameal-prices-the-hindubusinessline.md) | -0.8% | +2.9% |
| SBM | 2021-05-19 | [Pricey soyameal could drag oilmeals’ exports lower in H1  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47164-pricey-soyameal-could-drag-oilmeals-exports-lower-in-h1-the-hindubusinessline.md) | -4.8% | -9.2% |
| SBM | 2018-04-18 | [Soyameal exports lag on reduced bean crop - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65597-soyameal-exports-lag-on-reduced-bean-crop-the-hindubusinessline.md) | -2.4% | +0.3% |
| SBM | 2022-02-11 | [Soyameal exports down 64% in Oct-Jan on lower crushing, high prices - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42781-soyameal-exports-down-64-in-oct-jan-on-lower-crushing-high-prices-the.md) | -1.4% | +10.3% |
| SBM | 2025-12-17 | [Soyameal exports up 38% in Oct-Nov on strong European demand - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21582-soyameal-exports-up-38-in-oct-nov-on-strong-european-demand-the.md) | -0.3% | -3.1% |
| CORN | 2025-04-03 | [Indian rice turns competitive in the global market, exports may pick up from June  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25057-indian-rice-turns-competitive-in-the-global-market-exports-may-pick-up-from.md) | +2.2% | +2.7% |
| CORN | 2024-04-04 | [Chinese grain imports seen near record high \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14755-chinese-grain-imports-seen-near-record-high-the-western-producer.md) | -1.0% | -1.1% |
| CORN | 2023-06-01 | [China’s imports of U.S. food on the rise - WEDC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14834-china-s-imports-of-u-s-food-on-the-rise-wedc.md) | -2.2% | -3.2% |

## Sources

- thehindubusinessline.com: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/poultry-players-fear-rise-in-cheaper-imports/article35498786.ece

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