Field report from the price of protein products / the rise in the price of meat to the calm in the chicken market

According to the economic correspondent of Fars News Agency, after spending the Nowruz and 13th holidays, now that we are in the first week of Ramadan and the time of high demand for protein products and fruits, etc., in the protein market, some products have increased prices or More precisely, it has maintained the price increase of recent days and some are in a stable position and have retreated from the increase of recent days.

According to a field report by a Fars reporter from Tehran’s 19th district, red meat is still at its peak in price. To the previous state Is not returned Is.

* Increase of 18 thousand Tomans in meat price compared to the last day of 1400

Currently, each kilo of mutton thigh is sold for 228 thousand Tomans, beef thigh is 187 thousand Tomans per kilo and minced meat is 129 thousand Tomans, which compared to the last day of the year when Fars News Agency published a field report on the market of protein products. , Respectively, the price of 13 thousand Tomans per kilo of sheep thigh and 18 thousand Tomans per kilo of calf thigh has increased.

The government issued a permit to import meat late last year, but not only did prices not fall, but they did rise. Meanwhile, livestock producers say that there is a surplus livestock in the country and the livestock is left on their hands and no buyer can be found for it. This contradiction has always existed between the statements of the producers’ union and the reality of the market. The unions are talking about surplus production and the market is going through an expensive path.

Even the Ministry of Jihad for Agriculture ordered the import of red meat on March 8, 2014 to meet the needs of the market. Askarzadeh In a letter to Mohsen Salami, CEO of the Livestock Support Company, the Deputy Minister of Trade Development of the Ministry of Jihad for Agriculture requested the import of up to 3,000 tons of hot mutton, and perhaps the implication of the import is that the market cannot meet domestic demand in these months.

On the other hand, the remarks of Mansour Pourian, the head of the country’s livestock supply council Heard Is talking about surplus production, he said The amount of livestock offered to the market is so large that the cattle are left in the hands of the farmer; Also, a large amount of livestock has been transferred from spring to spring without a market for it. Poor management left this volume of livestock in the hands of the rancher. The rancher now has a large supply to the market.

* Chicken market in peace

Fars reporter’s survey shows that the chicken market is calm in price and at the approved prices of 31,000 tons per kilogram.ومان It has returned, the price of chicken in the last days of the year and early New Year, had broken the reins and was going up, even reaching 38 thousand tomans per kilogram.

In recent days, as officials say, supply to the market has increased and prices have stabilized.

But the issue of selling pieces in this market is the main problem, the sellers can not increase the price of whole chicken as much as they can for fear of being fined. Is inserted. Chicken parts are not monitored and in fact the sellers are left open for overselling.

* Eggs also retreated from recent price hikes

A field study of the market shows that the price of each egg comb has decreased to 53 thousand tomans, although this price is 10 thousand tomans higher than the rate approved by the market regulation headquarters, but it has retreated from its recent high prices.

Previously, eggs had risen to 70,000 tomans, but in the month of Ramadan, when demand is lower, the price of this product has decreased.

* Stability of fish prices compared to before Eid

Currently, each kilo of salmon is sold in the market at a price of 87,000 Tomans, this price Although Buyers are not interested and believe that this essential product, which Iran is the number one producer in the world, should reach them cheaper, but it has had a stable trend compared to before Eid.

The important point is that tilapia, which is mainly imported, is not seen in the market and there is no price for tilapia in the price list.

Tilapia have critics who say it harms the environment, that is, it eats other fish, and while it is omnivorous, some people in the past imported it and sold it at much higher prices than domestic fish.

* Mushrooms per kilogram 26 thousand tomans

Mushrooms are a plant product that contains protein and it is said that it can replace meat. At present, mushrooms are sold in the market at a price of 46,000 Tomans per kilogram, which has increased by about 100% compared to last year.

This product can be grown in almost any place, from dilapidated warehouses to greenhouses, supporting the production of this product can reduce per capita meat consumption.

There is an idea that instead of maximum production, the consumption of products can be optimized, the country produces 900,000 tons of meat annually and 150,000 tons need to be imported, and part of this need can be replaced with other protein products.

* Full price details of protein products

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