Monthly average prices for farm chicken in Egypt 2019-2020

As of July 2020, the monthly average price for farm chickens in Egypt was 28.86 Egyptian pounds (1.84 U.S. dollars) per kilogram), which illustrated a slight decline of 1.27 percent from the preceding month. From January 2019 onwards, the average price per kilogram ranged between 25.42 Egyptian pounds (1.62 U.S. dollars) and 34.44 Egyptian pounds (2.20 U.S dollars). In April and May 2020, the price increased to 30.72 Egyptian pounds (1.96 U.S. dollars) per kilogram and 31.19 Egyptian pounds (1.99 U.S. dollars) per kilogram, respectively, which can be related to an increase in demand due to coronavirus (COVID-19) curfew. Furthermore, throughout the period under review, the mean price of farm chicken more or less followed the same trend as for local chicken prices, with slight differences, as both items are bound by the same market forces.