Industry Trends
HMRC data show UK poultry exports of 45,468 tonnes in Q2 2026, down 15.5% year on year, with Ghana up 48.1% and Belgium up 24.4% while shipments to the Netherlands, France and Benin declined.
The EAEU-UAE economic partnership agreement takes effect on 6 October 2026: the UAE grants preferential access to 86 percent of the product range, or 98 percent of the value of EAEU exports, including poultry, meat and eggs.
Saudi Arabia signed 27 poultry-sector agreements worth more than SAR 2.57 billion (US$687 million) at the Middle East Poultry Expo in Riyadh, with national production expected to exceed 1.5 million tonnes and self-sufficiency above 76 percent in 2026.
Senegal's Sedima is investing US$35 million (20.47 billion CFA francs) in an integrated poultry and grain complex at Nkouo in the Republic of Congo, targeting 2,200 tonnes of broiler chicken a year.
European Commission data for January-July 2026 show EU poultry and egg imports up EUR 250 million (+14%), even as total agri-food exports fell 1% on weaker pork sales.
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 136.0 points in September 2026, its highest since November 2022, but the FAO Meat Price Index fell 1.1 percent as poultry and pig meat prices eased on abundant exportable supplies.
