Total United Arab Emirates’ 2014 domestic poultry meat production is expected to reach 43,000 metric tons. A modest increase of 5 percent is expected for 2015 production at 45,000 MT. Almost 95 percent of produced poultry constitute of whole chicken which is sold chilled. During summer when sales usually drop, about nearly 5 percent of the production is sold frozen. Local production covers about 15 percent of UAE total market demand. The remaining 85 percent are imported.
