Malaysia can’t meet both domestic, foreign demand for chicken: Kiandee

KOTA KINABALU – The temporary ban on the export of whole chickens is to meet the declining domestic supply, said Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee.

He said Malaysia required 1.8 million to two million chickens per day due to various factors, and the chicken industry was unable to produce more chicken to meet both domestic and foreign demand.

“Previously, the country was able to export up to 3.6 million chickens per month or about 100,000 per day…but action has to be taken to ensure sufficient supply of chicken now.

“The chicken industry is actually able to meet domestic demand, just not for exports currently,” he told reporters here today.

Kiandee said among the problems faced by the chicken industry now were diseases, higher costs, and shortage of labour.

“Hence, the ministry has forged a cooperation with the industry to solve the problem...hopefully, this can be achieved as soon as possible so we can again export chicken,” he added. – Bernama, May 26, 2022