Govt urged to fix poultry meat, raw material costs
Association seeks exemption from duties and taxes
LAHORE:
The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) - North Zone - has said that there is an urgent need to look after the affairs of country’s poultry industry by fixing the cost of broiler meat and raw material used in producing its feed.
At a press conference on Monday, PPA Vice-Chairman Raja Attique-ur-Rehman Abbasi said that across the world exemption from duties and taxes on food processing was a norm, but in Pakistan it was not the case.
“The world is facing a food crisis and prices of food items have doubled due to Covid-19. In Pakistan, the price of corn, a raw material used to produce poultry feed, has reached Rs2,000 per 40 kg, while previously it was available at Rs1,300,” Abbasi added.