date:May 22, 2015
decline in the number of poults placed.
Production of boiling fowl (spent layers and parent stock) increased in 2014, up seven per cent as a result of an increase in size of the UK laying flock.
Following a fall in 2013, UK duck production increased by five per cent.
Imports
With production falling in 2014, imports of fresh and frozen poultry meat to the UK grew to 407,800 tonnes, up 6 per cent compared to a year earlier.
The Netherlands remained the largest supplier of poultry meat to the UK bu