ThePoultrySite Latest News
National Poultry To Roll New Meat Production Line Soon
JORDAN - National Poultry Company (NPC) will soon be rolling a new meat production line in addition to slaughtering and marketing chicken, producing chicken feed and operating poultry farms.A juice factory, established last year to manufacture and can food products and juices, was still under construction as of December 31, 2006.
According to market sources, the JD10 million new meat processing facility is equipped with state-of-the-art machinery and can be considered the largest in the Middle East.
The wide-ranging meat products will be sold in local and regional markets, unlike poultry products which are all, consumed inside the Kingdom.
The company's activities take place at Al Qatraneh, Khan Al Zabib and Al Damikhy/Karak road, south of Amman.
NPC raised its chicken meat output by 9 per cent in 2006 as sales grew by 6 per cent to JD34.1 million from JD32.97 million in 2005.
After including JD7.72 million of feed sales, total sales amounted to JD41.82 million compared to JD40.14 million in 2005.
When various costs and expenses were taken into account, the profit boiled down to JD7.18 million, 12 per cent higher than the JD6.37 million recorded in 2005.
To continue reading this article please click here
Source: MENAFN.com
Latest Poultry Industry News
BIRD FLU: Contingency Plans for AI Pandemic
PETA Video Shows Turkey Abuse- CME: Crude Oil Prices Impact Livestock Production
Moy Park Invests in Major Plant Upgrade- International Egg and Poultry Review
NMIS Intensifies Campaign Against Unsafe Meat
Farmers Test New Poultry- If Avian Flu Hits, Look for Drop in Poultry Market
Egg Exports to Arab Countries Grew Fivefold
Sectors Urge Government to Allow Higher Prices
