Gabon Meat And Poultry Market - The U.S. and Brazil Are the Main Suppilers to Gabon

IndexBox has just published a new report "Gabon: Meat And Poultry - Market Report. Analysis And Forecast To 2025". Here is a summary of the report’s key findings.

Consumption of Meat and Poultry in Gabon Indicated an Upward Trend

In 2016, the meat and poultry market in Gabon amounted to X thousand tonnes. The was an upward consumption trend from 2009 to 2015, however, it dropped by X% in 2016. In value terms, the market stood at X million USD (IndexBox estimates).

Chicken Meat Comprised approx. X% of the Total Consumption

The most consumed meat and poultry type in Gabon was chicken meat (X thousand tonnes), accounting for X% of total consumption. It was followed by game meat (X%), cattle meat (X%) and pork (X%). Rabbit, sheep and goat meat were less popular, together mixing up only X% of total consumption. 

Gabon Meat and Poultry Market to Continue Moderate Growth

Meat is a product of stable demand in Gabon, with the market largely made up of imports. Local small-scale farming is not sufficient to fully meet demand for meat and to compete with cheaper imports. In addition, cattle breeding in Gabon is significantly hampered by the presence of tsetse flies, which transmit fatal diseases affecting cattle. Partly for the same reason, the share of game meat obtained by local hunters is high in the country. 

As demand for meat from the population remains stable, current trends in meat and poultry consumption in Gabon are expected to stay constant. State support programs for the industry will also be a positive factor in the development of the market, although their effect has somewhat decreased due to a reduction in government revenues as a result of lower oil prices.

Driven by a slight increase in the population of Gabon and supported by measures taken to improve agricultural operations, the meat and poultry sector as a whole is expected to continue an upward consumption trend over the next nine years.The performance of the market is forecast to increase moderately, with an anticipated CAGR of +X% for the nine-year period from 2016 to 2025, which is projected to lead the market volume to X million tonnes by the end of 2025.

Production Volume Grew Steadily, however, It Reduced in Value Terms due to Price Reduction

Production of meat and poultry in Gabon experienced an upward trend over the analysed period finally amounting to X thousand tonnes. In value terms, production value fell over the last three years to X million USD due to the price reduction. 

Gabon is two-thirds dependent on imports of meat and poultry National production of meat and poutry in Gabon is not sufficient to meet domestic consumption, so the market is largely dependent on supplies from the countries specializing in its production, like the U.S. and Brazil. The share of imports in consumption was X% in 2016.

The U.S. and Brazil Were the Main Suppilers of Meat and Poultry to Gabon

The volume of Gabon meat and poultry imports totaled X thousand tonnes in 2016. The U.S. (X%, based on tonnes), Brazil (X%), Poland (X%), France (X%), the Netherlands and India (X%) were the main suppliers with a combined share of X% of total Gabon imports in 2016. Poland had the highest annual average growth rate of imports with CAGR of +X% from 2007 to 2016.

From 2007 to 2016, Poland (+X percentage points), the U.S. (+X percentage points), the Netherlands (+X percentage points) and France (+X percentage points) increased their shares in total Gabon imports of meat and poultry. By contrast, India saw its share reduces by – X percentage points; the share of Brazil dropped from X% in 2007 to X% in 2016.

Exports of Meat and Poultry from Gabon Was Negligible

Meat and poultry exports from Gabon were negligible and inconsistent. The highest level of exports was observed in 2014 with X tonnes, perceptibly dropped to X tonnes in 2016, which was equal to X thousand USD. Ireland was the main destination of Gabon meat and poultry exports in 2016. Other Gabon’s trading partners within the period from 2007 to 2016 were Philippines, Poland, France and Angola.

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Source: IndexBox Platform