29 January 2021, 08:37, Livestock

MHP Slovenian subsidiary intensified chicken and turkey meat production by 48% in 2020

Production facilities of the MHP Slovenian subsidiary, Perutnina Ptuj (PP), produced 102,157 t of chicken and turkey meat in 12M 2020, 48% more than in 12M 2019.

MHP reports that PP's poultry sales constituted 63,219 t in Jan-Dec 2020.

Following PP strategy of poultry production growth and increasing several facilities’ capacity utilization in Serbia and Croatia, in Q4 2020 PP’s poultry production facilities produced 24,583 t of chicken and turkey meat, 3% more than in Q4 2019, while poultry sales constituted 15,165 t.

Related: Geography of MHP Processed Product Exports

The acquisition of Perutnina Ptuj was completed by MHP in February 2019.

In 12M 2020, poultry production volumes at MHP agro-industrial holding's enterprises in Ukraine constituted 731,279 t (12M 2019: 728,917).