Zhongxin Finance, June 3 (Shen Jincheng Gong Hongyu) With the arrival of the summer outdoor barbecue season in the United States, some Americans who are busy preparing ingredients have found that they cannot afford chicken.

"$15 for 2 chicken breasts", some netizens posted pictures and complained about the price of chicken that was about to "fly to the sky".

  As the world's most consumed and relatively affordable meat, chicken is going through a price frenzy.

Affected by multiple factors of geopolitics, inflation and trade protectionism, meat prices in many countries are soaring.

  U.S. sales prices for boneless chicken breasts and whole chickens have both hit near 10-year highs, and the price of $2.52 for a dozen eggs has climbed to near five-year highs, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Pictured: Inside a Costco supermarket in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan

Chicken will be "off the table"?

  As meat becomes more expensive, CNN reports that to save money, U.S. residents may need to look for alternatives to grilled meat, and some are preparing to replace steak and chicken with pasta pizza.

  Not only the United States, Singaporeans are also facing the trouble of "can't eat chicken".

  From June 1st, in order to stabilize domestic prices and food supply, Malaysia has decided to stop the export of up to 3.6 million live chickens per month.

The ban will last until domestic chicken prices and production return to stability.

  The data website indexmundi disclosed that the price of chicken in Malaysia has soared 60.3% in the past six months, from 9.77 ringgit (about 15 yuan) per kilogram to 15.66 ringgit (about 23 yuan), and chicken has appeared. Supply shortage.

  The above-mentioned ban in Malaysia is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Singapore, which imports one-third of the country's chicken from Malaysia.

Chicken is one of the most consumed meats in Singapore, and Hainanese chicken rice is a national dish of the country.

  Affected by this news, many consumers rushed to the supermarket to stock up on fresh chicken before the ban.

According to Singapore's "The Straits Times" report, a chicken vendor in Singapore said it would be closed for a month.

Singaporean restaurants that are unable to obtain live chicken supply may stop selling white beheaded chicken and use chilled chicken instead to supply diners, and price increases have become an inevitable choice.

  Data showed that chicken prices in Singapore rose by 10.39% in April.

Industry insiders predict that the price increase for chicken will remain between 4% and 6%.

  In Europe, chicken prices are also rising in some countries.

  For example, the price of a chicken in the UK has risen by about 8% since the end of last year.

  Dan Simpson, who runs a chicken shop in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK, told the BBC that in December he was able to buy a box of raw chicken wings for 20 pounds, but now a box has risen to 26 pounds. The price of brisket has risen from 30 pounds to 50 pounds.

"The price of live chickens went on a rocket almost overnight and I had to increase it."

Why is the international chicken price "rising and rising again"?

  In fact, for European and American countries, the rise in chicken prices is the epitome of violent inflation, and it is also a part of the chain effect of rising prices.

  The latest round of data released by many European countries shows that inflation is staying high.

The monthly report released by the Office for Statistics (ONS) showed that in April, the consumer price index (CPI) surged by 9% year-on-year, much higher than the 7% in March.

The CPI data of the United States, Germany, France and other countries also continued to light up the red light.

  Under the haze of inflation, the costs of feed and transportation are rising, and the price of chicken is also rising.

Forbes.com pointed out that prices for other processes related to chicken production are increasing.

  For example, a nationwide shortage of drivers in the United States has caused road transport prices to increase by 20%, and rail transport is also facing the impact of rising diesel fuel.

Chicken processing plants need to use natural gas for production, and the cost of gas prices also doubles.

Labor costs have also risen by 20%.

  In addition, geopolitical factors and bird flu have also induced shortages and price increases of chicken.

According to public information, the wheat production of Russia and Ukraine accounts for about 30% of the global supply.

As grain is an important ingredient in chicken feed, this has partly contributed to the tightening of Malaysia's chicken supply, which has had to suspend export supplies.

  Since the beginning of February, a non-human form of bird flu has raged in the world's major poultry-producing countries except China and Brazil. More than 38 million chickens have been culled in the United States and one in 20 in France. kill.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture also blamed bird flu as the main reason for the increase in chicken prices.

Data map: A white feather broiler slaughtering workshop in Gansu.

Photo by Yu Jing

Will Chinese chicken prices rise?

  Compared with the fierce increase in foreign chicken prices, my country's chicken prices are currently relatively stable.

  According to Sun Yanan, an analyst at Zhuochuang Information, the comprehensive selling price of white feather broiler products in May was 11,070 yuan/ton, a month-on-month increase of 0.73% and a year-on-year increase of 3.06%.

Among them, the average monthly price of the main product frozen large breasts decreased by 6.61% year-on-year; the average price of large-sized pipa legs increased by 5.20% year-on-year.

  In terms of chicken supply, Sun Yanan said that the average price of wool chicken rose in May, the demand for breast products was stable, dealers were actively replenishing supplies, the pace of manufacturers' shipments was acceptable, and product prices rose slightly month-on-month.

Due to weak terminal digestion of leg products, the pace of manufacturers' shipments has slowed down, and prices have fallen slightly on the whole.

  On June 2, Song Danyang, deputy director of the Marketing and Information Technology Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China, said at a press conference that the production of cattle, sheep and poultry has been developing steadily, the output has increased steadily, and prices have generally fluctuated normally. There has been a decline. The average wholesale price last week was 10.40 yuan per kilogram, down 1.3% from the previous month.

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