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Eurofood, June 21, 2001
French poultry consumption leapt visibly in 2000 as BSE fever took hold of the country, according to a new report from SCEES, the statistical arm of the French agriculture ministry.
The French were actually eating 5% less poultry in the first quarter of 2000 than a year earlier.
But the third and fourth quarters saw year-on-year growth of 5% and 14% respectively, bringing the increase for the year to 2.6%.
BSE SHOCK SCARED FRENCH CONSUMERS
This coincided with French consumers' shock at hearing that the dreaded BSE had sneaked over their borders.
Duck saw the largest gain in popularity ( 6%), followed by turkey ( 4.5%) and chicken ( 1%).
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Internal demand gave something of a stimulus to poultry meat output, which progressed by 1% to 2.255 million tonnes (carcass weight equivalent) in 2000.
In terms of production, poultry therefore remained France's most important meat after pork.
EXPORTS FEEL BITE OF WTO DISCIPLINE
A more level international playing field brought down French poultry exports by 3% to 886 000t.
Export restitution cuts demanded by the WTO made French products less competitive in the key market of the Middle East, where Brazilian suppliers saw a chance to muscle in.
Sales to the EU strengthened, on the other hand -- mainly because an Italian poultry industry devastated by avian influenza looked across the Alps to meet its requirements.
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