The country’s total chicken production increased to 454.38 thousand metric tons, liveweight in the third quarter of 2022, from 425.89 thousand metric tons, liveweight in the same quarter of the previous year. This translates to an annual growth rate of 6.7 percent, a rebound from the -1.4 percent decline in 2021. (Figure 1)

Central Luzon was the top producer of chicken during the quarter with 145.21 thousand metric tons, liveweight or 32.0 percent share.

Completing the top five major producing regions and their corresponding volume of production were:

a. CALABARZON with 69.45 thousand metric tons, liveweight;
b. Northern Mindanao with v42.65 thousand metric tons, liveweight;
c. Western Visayas with 34.64 thousand metric tons, liveweight; and
d. Central Visayas with 32.48 thousand metric tons, liveweight.

These regions accounted for 71.4 percent share of the country’s total chicken production.

Relative to their levels in the same quarter of 2021, 11 regions reported improvements in production during the quarter. In terms of level, Central Visayas posted the highest increase of 8.63 thousand metric tons, liveweight from 23.85 thousand metric tons, liveweight in the same quarter of the previous year to 32.48 thousand metric tons, liveweight this third quarter of 2022.

As of 30 September 2022, the total chicken inventory reached 200.21 million birds. This is higher by 5.0 percent compared with the previous year’s inventory of 190.74 million birds. Population of native/improved chicken, broiler chicken and layer chicken grew by 1.4 percent,10.3 percent and 3.7 percent. Of the total chicken population, native/improved chicken accounted for 41.5 percent, followed by broiler chicken with 35.7 percent share and layer chicken with 22.8 percent share. (Figure 2)

In terms of distribution by classification, 98.5 percent of the total native/improved chicken were raised by smallhold farms, while bulk of broiler chicken and layer chicken stocks came from commercial farms at 97.6 percent share and 95.6 percent share, respectively.

Native/improved chicken inventory was highest in Western Visayas with 12.89 million birds. Central Luzon reported the highest inventory of broiler chicken with 22.16 million birds, while CALABARZON had the highest layer chicken stocks with 16.56 million birds.

The average farmgate price of broiler chicken at PhP 127.36 per kilogram, liveweight during the quarter was 37.5 percent higher than the previous year’s same period average price of PhP 92.65 per kilogram, liveweight. (Figure 5)

The highest farmgate price was recorded in August at PhP 133.70 per kilogram, liveweight, while the lowest was quoted in July at PhP 121.03 per kilogram, liveweight.

DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph.D.
Undersecretary
National Statistician and Civil Registrar General

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Chicken Situation Report presents the chicken industry in terms of volume of production, inventory by type, and average farmgate price. The report is prepared to serve as a ready reference for the various clients and stakeholders in the agriculture sector of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). It is released quarterly, that is, every February, May, August, and November.

Concepts and Definitions

Volume of production refers to the number of tended/raised chicken disposed for dressing including those which were shipped out for dressing. This is expressed in metric tons, liveweight.

Inventory refers to the actual number of chicken present in the farm as of a specific reference date. The following are the new farm classifications and definitions of chicken type based on the approved PSA Board Resolution No. 04, series of 2022:

The data on inventory of chicken by farm type (i.e., backyard and commercial) can still be accessed in the OpenSTAT website of PSA with the link:
https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2E__LP/0072E4FINC0.px/....

Farmgate price refers to the price received by raisers for their produce at the location of farm. Thus, marketing costs, such as transport and other marketing cost (if any) incurred in selling the produce, are not included in the farmgate prices. The 2020 to 2021 farmgate prices included in this special release were sourced from the Price Statistics Division (PSD), while the 2022 farmgate prices were based on the surveys of Livestock and Poultry Statistics Division (LPSD).