The Veterinary News & Views | IPEX 2026 Special Edition
Pakistan Poultry & Feed Outlook 2026
Audited industry model, official benchmarks, raw-material economics, trade, health, genetics and export readiness for Pakistan’s poultry sector.
Pakistan poultry in 2026: the headline numbers
The report’s industry model and official benchmarks tell different but complementary parts of the story.
What changed from the 2025 expert baseline?
Like-for-like comparison within the supplied industry model shows the sharpest increase in total feed requirement.
| Industry metric | 2025E | 2026 model | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent stock | 12.2m | 14.4m | +18.0% |
| Hatching eggs / annum | 2.00bn | 2.174bn | +8.7% |
| Hatched DOC | 1.56bn | 1.804bn | +15.6% |
| Broiler feed usage | 6.40m t | 7.44m t | +16.3% |
| Layer DOC / population placed | 43m | 48m | +11.6% |
| Commercial eggs | 20.44bn | 22.56bn | +10.4% |
| Layer feed | 2.58m t | 3.12m t | +20.9% |
| Total poultry feed | 8.98m t | 11.496m t | +28.0% |
Official 2025-26 poultry benchmark
These official figures are added here as a separate benchmark series. They should not be mixed arithmetically with the commercial industry model.
National totals
Total day-old chicks, official 2025-26 estimate
Total poultry birds, official 2025-26 estimate
Total eggs, official 2025-26 estimate
Total poultry meat, official 2025-26 estimate
From parent stock to broiler meat
The commercial model is presented as a transparent chain so readers can see how feed and meat output are linked.
Model assumptions
| Assumption | Value |
|---|---|
| Marketed live weight | 2.7 kg |
| Feed conversion ratio | 1.60 |
| Dressing + edible giblet | 68% |
| Parent-stock feed basis | 65 kg / bird |
Official benchmark: separate series
Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26 reports 18.31m breeding stock and 2.826m tonnes total poultry meat. These national statistical benchmarks use broader definitions and should not overwrite the commercial model.
Egg economy and layer model
Total poultry feed: 11.496 million tonnes
Feed security: crops, oilseeds and the raw-material base
Official crop series is used for the national crop table to remove provisional differences in earlier working material.
| Crop | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | Change | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 28.40m t | 29.61m t | +4.3% | Recovery |
| Rice | 9.72m t | 9.998m t | +2.8% | Moderate rise |
| Maize | 9.04m t | 8.794m t | -2.7% | Production decline |
| Sugarcane | 84.24m t | 89.45m t | +6.2% | Higher output |
| Cotton | 7.084m bales | 7.052m bales | -0.5% | Nearly stable |
| Gram | 0.172m t | 0.259m t | +50.4% | Strong recovery |
| Rapeseed & mustard | 0.521m t | 0.521m t | 0.0% | Stable |
| Barley | 0.045m t | 0.042m t | -6.6% | Slight decline |
Industry oilseed trend series
Cottonseed: 2,400k t
Rapeseed: 565k t
Sunflower: 86k t
Supplied expert/projected series, kept separate from official crop output.
Official oilseed crop output
Cottonseed: 1,800k t
Rapeseed & mustard: 614k t
Sunflower: 123k t
Canola: 130k t
Local edible oil output: 550k t
Supplied Dr. Muhammad Athar working-deck series. Unit: thousand tonnes. Kept separate from the official 2025-26 oilseed benchmark.
Feed inputs: soybean, oilseeds, edible oil, MBM and amino acids
Edible-oil availability, official FY2025-26 Jul-Mar
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Imported edible oil | 3.65m t |
| Oil from imported oilseeds | 0.67m t |
| Local edible-oil production | 0.55m t |
| Total availability, Jul-Mar | 4.17m t |
| Projected full-year availability | 5.36m t |
Amino-acid supplied quantity series
Meat & Bone Meal imports Supplied series
Main origins observed: Brazil, Ireland, France, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands.
Typical grades observed: 40%, 45%, 48% and 50% CP.
Soybean & canola/rapeseed series Supplied series
The official Jul-Mar imported-oilseeds figure of 2.91m t remains separate because the periods and definitions differ.
Trade and market capability
Trade values are shown as market signals. Broad HS categories, especially vaccines and feed preparations, should not be presented as poultry-only market size.
Pakistan trade close | FY2025-26 (1 July 2025–30 June 2026)
Official Pakistan Bureau of Statistics provisional fiscal-year totals. These national totals are shown separately from the CY2023–CY2025 commodity-level customs series below.
Calendar-year commodity trade pulse (CY2023–CY2025)
| Trade line, US$ m | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table eggs, exports | 5.07 | 9.97 | 24.22 |
| Live chicks, imports | 6.69 | 9.14 | 12.04 |
| Veterinary vaccines & medicines* | 39.00 | 42.07 | 56.89 |
| Methionine, imports | 30.73 | 49.17 | 64.13 |
| Poultry machinery | 4.73 | 9.61 | 31.59 |
Specialty nutrition & equipment, CY2025
Export corridors, CY2025
2025 breeding-genetics supplier snapshot
UK $8.87m
USA $1.57m
Netherlands $0.88m
France $0.62m
2025 veterinary health products supplier snapshot*
USA $8.52m
China $7.64m
Netherlands $7.56m
France $4.96m
Spain $4.21m
Pakistan 2025-26: wider economic & agriculture context
This addendum brings into the web version the wider 2025-26 context contained in the updated source deck. These indicators are presented separately from the poultry production model.
Agriculture & livestock context
Trade context
These macro indicators are retained as figures from the updated source deck. They are not used to recalculate the poultry model.
What the industry should watch next
01. Feed economics
Maize yield and price, soybean continuity, amino-acid availability and formulation efficiency.
02. Breeding & genetics
Dependable parent stock, hatchery performance, diversified genetics supply and realistic placement data.
03. Health assurance
Biosecurity, diagnostics, vaccination quality, AMR stewardship and auditable flock records.
04. Processing returns
Grading, slaughter hygiene, packaging, energy, maintenance and cold-chain discipline.
05. Export depth
More destinations, higher-value products and repeat customs-recorded shipments.
06. Data governance
Keep official estimates, industry models and customs series separate; update assumptions transparently.
VNV Insight
Pakistan poultry in 2026 is not only a production-volume story. The next cycle will be defined by how efficiently the sector converts feed, genetics, flock health, technology and processing into reliable margins and repeat market access.
Why this matters
The industry’s most important signal is not a single headline growth rate. The model points to a 28% rise in total poultry feed requirement, while official 2025-26 statistics confirm a larger national poultry base, higher commercial egg output and higher poultry meat production. Together, these trends increase the importance of feed-cost control, raw-material continuity, health assurance, processing efficiency and market diversification.
Acknowledgements & editorial credits
This IPEX 2026 Outlook combines industry experience, official statistics and independent editorial verification.
Primary industry guidance and commercial poultry/feed model: Dr. Muhammad Athar, Senior Poultry Nutritionist & Feed Consultant.
Sector input: Dr. F. M. Sabir, Group Leader, Pakistan Poultry Association & Chairman, Sabirs Group; Dr. Muhammad Shoaib, Senior Poultry Expert & GM Operations; and Mr. Malik Muhammad Sharif, Ex-Vice Chairman, Pakistan Poultry Association (North Region) & Bahoo Chicks and Breeding Farm. & Research, Data & Publication Coordination: Muhammad Atif Naseem, Executive Editor & Marketing Director, The Veterinary News & Views (VNV), led the research coordination, data collection, cross-checking and verification, data analysis, content integration, visualization planning, editorial structuring and preparation of the report for publication. His responsibilities also included coordinating industry inputs, onboarding and consolidating multiple datasets and source materials, translating verified findings into reader-friendly tables and visual presentations, and overseeing the final integration and publication of the VNV Pakistan Poultry & Feed Outlook 2026.
Research, cross-checking and editorial support: The Veterinary News & Views Editorial & Research Team. Research, cross-checking and editorial synthesis: The Veterinary News & Views Editorial & Research Team.
Source and verification notes
- Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26, Agriculture chapter and Table 2.8 / livestock product tables, Ministry of Finance / Ministry of National Food Security & Research.
- Official crop series used for wheat, rice, maize, sugarcane, cotton, gram, rapeseed & mustard and barley.
- Supplied Dr. Muhammad Athar 2025/2026 working decks for the expert commercial poultry/feed model and selected feed-input quantity series.
- UN Comtrade / ITC TradeMap, Pakistan reporter, CY2023-25, as structured in the VNV audited working dataset for trade values. *Broad HS categories are market signals and are not treated as poultry-only market size.
- No forced reconciliation is applied across series with different periods, definitions or methodologies.
- Updated source-deck addendum: Poultry & Poultry Feed Outlook of Pakistan (2025-2026), Dr. M. Athar, including macro context, oilseed trend series, MBM detail and model consumption indicators.
- Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Advance Release on External Trade Statistics for June 2026: FY2025-26 (July–June) exports US$30.139bn, imports US$69.761bn and trade balance −US$39.622bn; provisional.