KUCHING: Sarawak is at 100 and 99 percent self-sufficient levels (SSLs) for eggs and poultry broilers respectively.
Minister of Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom said the current production of poultry broiler is 1,300 metric tonnes per month, while the current average production of eggs is 55 million pieces per month.
“In view of the rising demand for poultry produced domestically as well as from the neighbouring countries, particularly with the proposed relocation of the Indonesia capital to Kalimantan, the Sarawak Government will continue to develop the poultry industry to establish Sarawak as the main producer of poultry products in the region,” he said.
He said this in his ministerial winding-up speech at the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting today (Nov 30).
Rundi also said there are 311 licensed poultry farms in Sarawak consisting of 264 broiler farms, 37 layer farms and 10 poultry breeder farms.
The supply of pork in Sarawak, he said, is surplus and will continue to be exported mainly to Singapore, Brunei and Kalimantan.
“As of mid-November 2022, a total of 110,200 porkers with an estimated value or RM107.6 million were shipped to Singapore, while another 1,500 kilogrammes of pork were transported overland to Brunei Darussalam and Kalimantan on a daily basis and this constitute a yearly income of around RM13.5 million,” he said.
The porks that are being exported, he said, are from the certified MyGAP anchor farm at the Pig Farming Area (PFA) Pasir Puteh Simunjan and pork products from the state’s Veterinary Health Mark (VHM) accredited abattoir and processing plant also at Pasir Puteh Simunjan.
“To exploit the huge potential in the swine industry, the Sarawak government has approved an allocation of RM27 million to establish two more Pig Farming Areas (PFA) at Selangau in Sibu Division and Samarakan in Bintulu Division.
“To date, the site for Selangau PFA has been approved and it is at the final stage of acquiring the land while Samarakan PFA is at the preliminary planning stage,” he said.
