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Retail price of chicken shoots up, wholesale price plunges
* Roadside restaurants buying dead chicken at cheap rates from wholesale markets
By Terence J Sigamony
RAWALPINDI: The price of chicken in the retail market has shot up, contrary to a sharp decline in the wholesale market.
Following the confirmation of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in a couple of Karachi?s poultry farms last week, the price of chicken has plunged sharply during the last few days.
Retailers and wholesale dealers attributed this decline to the dwindling demand by people, fast food outlets and hotels. Chicken?s price plunged to Rs 85 per kg as compared to Rs 120 per kg last week, while the live bird?s retail price has declined to Rs 50 per kg from Rs 72 per kg.
At Raja Bazaar, Dongi Khoi and Dhoke Ratta chicken is being sold at Rs 50 to Rs 60 per kg, whereas in posh and commercial areas like Tariqabad, Westridge, Tulsa Road, Tench Bhatta, Committee Chowk, Sadar, Dhoke Kashmirian, RA Bazaar and Commercial Market, its rate is Rs 72 to Rs 75 per kg. Two days ago, the rate of chicken in these markets was Rs 70, which has now gone up to Rs 73 to Rs 74.
In contrast, chicken was being sold at Rs 3,600 per 40 kg last week at the wholesale Ghanzi Market at Bagh Sardaran, which has now declined to Rs 2,200 per 40 kg. Chicken to this market comes from various poultry farms of Bhara Khau and Murree.
Roadside restaurants: During a visit, Daily Times found that dead chicken were also being sold in the wholesale market. Requesting anonymity, a dealer said that roadside restaurants bought the dead chicken at a cheap rate, adding that the restaurant owners believed that after cooking, the chicken posed no threat to human health.
Shopkeepers said the increase in price was due to the widening gap between demand and supply. Jamshaid Khan, a salesman, said they were getting less supply of chicken for the last three days. He said its demand had not decreased and people were still consuming chicken.
Poultry Farms Association President Dr Hassan Sarosh said the decrease in the price was due to rumours of bird flu in the country. He said as soon as bird flu was reported in the media, wholesale dealers had decreased the price, as they had feared of a decrease in demand.
He said businessmen had invested around Rs 200 billion in the poultry industry and 1.5 million people were attached to the industry. He said there were 25,000 poultry farms in the country.:tiphat: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\02\07\story_7-2-2008_pg11_5
Re: Pakistan-BF suspected humans 2/2/08 +
Retail price of chicken shoots up, wholesale price plunges
* Roadside restaurants buying dead chicken at cheap rates from wholesale markets
By Terence J Sigamony
RAWALPINDI: The price of chicken in the retail market has shot up, contrary to a sharp decline in the wholesale market.
Following the confirmation of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in a couple of Karachi?s poultry farms last week, the price of chicken has plunged sharply during the last few days.
Retailers and wholesale dealers attributed this decline to the dwindling demand by people, fast food outlets and hotels. Chicken?s price plunged to Rs 85 per kg as compared to Rs 120 per kg last week, while the live bird?s retail price has declined to Rs 50 per kg from Rs 72 per kg.
At Raja Bazaar, Dongi Khoi and Dhoke Ratta chicken is being sold at Rs 50 to Rs 60 per kg, whereas in posh and commercial areas like Tariqabad, Westridge, Tulsa Road, Tench Bhatta, Committee Chowk, Sadar, Dhoke Kashmirian, RA Bazaar and Commercial Market, its rate is Rs 72 to Rs 75 per kg. Two days ago, the rate of chicken in these markets was Rs 70, which has now gone up to Rs 73 to Rs 74.
In contrast, chicken was being sold at Rs 3,600 per 40 kg last week at the wholesale Ghanzi Market at Bagh Sardaran, which has now declined to Rs 2,200 per 40 kg. Chicken to this market comes from various poultry farms of Bhara Khau and Murree.
Roadside restaurants: During a visit, Daily Times found that dead chicken were also being sold in the wholesale market. Requesting anonymity, a dealer said that roadside restaurants bought the dead chicken at a cheap rate, adding that the restaurant owners believed that after cooking, the chicken posed no threat to human health.
Shopkeepers said the increase in price was due to the widening gap between demand and supply. Jamshaid Khan, a salesman, said they were getting less supply of chicken for the last three days. He said its demand had not decreased and people were still consuming chicken.
Poultry Farms Association President Dr Hassan Sarosh said the decrease in the price was due to rumours of bird flu in the country. He said as soon as bird flu was reported in the media, wholesale dealers had decreased the price, as they had feared of a decrease in demand.
He said businessmen had invested around Rs 200 billion in the poultry industry and 1.5 million people were attached to the industry. He said there were 25,000 poultry farms in the country.:tiphat: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\02\07\story_7-2-2008_pg11_5
