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The chicken meat prices have gone up by Rs 40 per kilogram from Rs 130 to Rs 171 in three days due to increased demand in the on-going marriage season and Christmas festivities.
Secretary Poultry Market Committee Javed Bokhari told Business Recorder here on Wednesday that broiler whole sales rate on 21st December was Rs 112, retail Rs 118, and meat Rs 171 per kilogram, eggs Rs 2910 per crate of 30 dozen, retail Rs 99 per dozen.
Former President Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) and a prominent exporter of chicken meat Abdul Basit said that the poultry farmers had been selling chicken at a loss of Rs 50 per kg against their cost of production of Rs 180 per kg.