# Poultry industry losing P179M daily due to avian flu outbreak | GMA News Online

> The Philippine poultry industry reports losses of about P179 million per day from an avian influenza outbreak in San Luis, Pampanga, and a nationwide shipping ban from Luzon. Total losses since the outbreak was revealed have reached P895 million. Farm groups are asking for the restrictions to be eased for farms outside the quarantine zone.

- Date: 2017-08-16 · published 2017-08-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Philippines · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69475-poultry-industry-losing-p179m-daily-due-to-avian-flu-outbreak-gma-news-online
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Blocked shipments from Luzon leave surplus poultry in the region, pressuring local chicken prices while feed buying from affected producers slows.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Sources

- gmanetwork.com: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/622086/poultry-industry-losing-p179m-daily-due-to-avian-flu-outbreak/story/

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