The poultry producers of the Dominican Republic alerted this Thursday the importance of protecting the Cuba market, the main export destination of the sector, to which Every month they are sent, on average, 65 million eggs.
During the technical day “we protect our poultry farming”, made in Santiago, producer Fabio Baba recalled that after the diplomatic crisis of 2023 with Haiti, Cuba became the external support of the industry, he said Free newspaper.
“If that door closes, we would lose one of the pillars that support the current stability of the industry,” said Baba, who stressed that the sector lives a stability stage thanks to the combination of growing production, exports, national consumption, technical support and stable prices.
For his part, the president of the Dominican Association of Poulticulture (ADA), Pavel Concepción, stressed that the country is going through a historical moment, with a growth of 15 % in the production of eggs between 2024 and 2025, reaching about 390 million units per month.
As for fattening chicken, he explained that production went from 20.5 million to between 21 and 22.5 million birds per month, which consolidates the position of the Dominican Republic as a regional leader in the Caribbean and Central America.
Concepción emphasized that this dynamism not only reinforces national food security, but also It makes Cuba an essential partner to sustain the expansion of the poultry industry.
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