# Poultrymed | 70075

> Chinese chicken wholesale prices rose 10.86 yuan per kilogram in a week, up over 68 percent from March 2018, as consumers switch from pork. Official data show live chicken output falling from about 6 billion birds in 2016 to 4.16 billion last year, partly due to the US and France import ban.

- Date: 2019-04-27 · published 2019-04-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59732-poultrymed-70075
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Sharply falling chicken output and rising demand as a pork substitute signal sustained poultry price strength, which lifts demand expectations for feed ingredients used in broiler production.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- poultrymed.com: https://www.poultrymed.com/news_36107

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