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80 million deficit in the trade balance because of bird Anfonza
[80M Egyptian pounds = ca. US$14.1M = ca. EUR 10.5M]
4/11/2007
Cairo - The trade balance recorded a deficit of poultry to about 81 million [Egyptian] pounds in 2006 after it was deemed to be a surplus of 41 million pounds in 2004 as a result of an increase in imports of frozen poultry and birds to compensate for the shortfall that occurred in local production due to decreasing domestic production due to avian influenza.
The report said information monthly Information Center and Decision Support Center of the Council of Ministers on the implications of avian flu locally and internationally that the price of chicken has increased since the emergence of different kinds of disease, but dropped after relatively reverse.
The report said that prices rebounding after that since January 2007 as the average price of a kilogram of chicken about 8 pounds in October 2005 has risen to about 12 per kilogram in October 2006 and then decreased to about 5 per 10 pounds per kilogram in March 2007.
The report estimated the total number of birds that have been executed in Egypt as a result of avian influenza illness by about 4 per 34 million birds since the emergence of the disease until March 2007 has been the execution of all of these birds for fear of transmission of the disease to humans Almkhalten for these birds.
In the same context, the report informatics monthly by the Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center of the Council of Ministers that the value of birds that have been destroyed in Egypt amounted to about 3 per 977 million pounds came from the largest percentage losses as a result of the execution of layer chickens and chicken feeding on the farms and houses.
Estimated volume wealth with Egypt in 2005 at about 515 million birds The total number of bird farms nationwide, about 23 thousand farm.
Reflected global economic effects of direct transmission of avian flu among birds each other in a decrease of about -0.1% of the world GDP .. And this rate in the developing countries, to 4 -0.1% of GDP, has aggravated these effects significantly in the case of the disease turning into an epidemic and its transmission between humans each other.
Estimates indicate that up to the middle of 2005 estimated the economic losses suffered by the poultry sector in the South-East Asia only about 10 billion dollars a result of the execution of 140 million birds, as the number of workers who are expected to lose their jobs in the poultry sector in the world due to the spread avian influenza illness by about five million workers.
It is noteworthy that the number of cases of human disease avian influenza hit over the world during the period from 2003 till March 20, 2007 about 281 cases, including 169 deaths case.
80 million deficit in the trade balance because of bird Anfonza
[80M Egyptian pounds = ca. US$14.1M = ca. EUR 10.5M]
4/11/2007
Cairo - The trade balance recorded a deficit of poultry to about 81 million [Egyptian] pounds in 2006 after it was deemed to be a surplus of 41 million pounds in 2004 as a result of an increase in imports of frozen poultry and birds to compensate for the shortfall that occurred in local production due to decreasing domestic production due to avian influenza.
The report said information monthly Information Center and Decision Support Center of the Council of Ministers on the implications of avian flu locally and internationally that the price of chicken has increased since the emergence of different kinds of disease, but dropped after relatively reverse.
The report said that prices rebounding after that since January 2007 as the average price of a kilogram of chicken about 8 pounds in October 2005 has risen to about 12 per kilogram in October 2006 and then decreased to about 5 per 10 pounds per kilogram in March 2007.
The report estimated the total number of birds that have been executed in Egypt as a result of avian influenza illness by about 4 per 34 million birds since the emergence of the disease until March 2007 has been the execution of all of these birds for fear of transmission of the disease to humans Almkhalten for these birds.
In the same context, the report informatics monthly by the Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center of the Council of Ministers that the value of birds that have been destroyed in Egypt amounted to about 3 per 977 million pounds came from the largest percentage losses as a result of the execution of layer chickens and chicken feeding on the farms and houses.
Estimated volume wealth with Egypt in 2005 at about 515 million birds The total number of bird farms nationwide, about 23 thousand farm.
Reflected global economic effects of direct transmission of avian flu among birds each other in a decrease of about -0.1% of the world GDP .. And this rate in the developing countries, to 4 -0.1% of GDP, has aggravated these effects significantly in the case of the disease turning into an epidemic and its transmission between humans each other.
Estimates indicate that up to the middle of 2005 estimated the economic losses suffered by the poultry sector in the South-East Asia only about 10 billion dollars a result of the execution of 140 million birds, as the number of workers who are expected to lose their jobs in the poultry sector in the world due to the spread avian influenza illness by about five million workers.
It is noteworthy that the number of cases of human disease avian influenza hit over the world during the period from 2003 till March 20, 2007 about 281 cases, including 169 deaths case.
