# Why Italy’s 2017 poultry revenues are up, volumes down | WATTAgNet | WATTPoultry.com

> Italy's poultry meat production fell 2.5% in 2017 to 1.35 million tons, with turkey output hit hardest by highly pathogenic avian influenza. Revenues rose 7% as demand held steady and imports rose more than 14%.

- Date: 2018-08-24 · published 2018-08-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63684-why-italy-s-2017-poultry-revenues-are-up-volumes-down-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Lower Italian output and higher imports support EU poultry prices and sustain demand for imported feed ingredients, though the impact on global feed prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/egg/egg-production/article/15525835/why-italys-2017-poultry-revenues-are-up-volumes-down-wattagnet

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