# Protein for fowls: Poultry industry wants ban lifted
						 | The Poultry Site

> The Poultry Site reports that Bangladeshi poultry producers want the MBM import and sale ban lifted. They say switching to fishmeal would raise costs about 10 percent in an industry valued at USD 2.9 billion.

- Date: 2019-01-24 · published 2019-01-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Bangladesh · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61226-protein-for-fowls-poultry-industry-wants-ban-lifted-the-poultry-site
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md), [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Continued industry pressure to reverse the MBM ban could eventually restore MBM demand, but for now the substitution to fishmeal persists. The price effect is limited to a small import market.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: neutral
- FISHMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2019/01/protein-for-fowls-poultry-industry-wants-ban-lifted

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