[10 January 2012] Despite a rough ride for the Indonesian poultry sector integrators can expect a respite in 2012. The sector is expected to offer between 6-8% increase in turnover for the grandparent stock and chicken cultivation industries.

The production of chicken meat, eggs and animal feed sectors will soon follow. “The consumption of chicken per capita in 2012 will increase to 7.9kg per capita from 7.2 kg per capita the year before,” Don P Utoyo, Chairman of Indonesian Poultry Industry Forum, told Asian Agribusiness Media. Between 2009 and 2011 Indonesia's imports of grandparent stock grew from 404,774 to 434,240. The animal feed sector, meanwhile, can expect turnovers totalling IDR 61.5 trillion (USD 6.7 billion) this year, from a total volume of 12.3 million tonnes in 2011.