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Mozambique poultry and egg market: production, imports and who supplies what
Mozambique produced 154,454 tonnes of chicken in 2025, according to the ministry's annual food and nutrition security report as reported on 14 February 2026. In January–September 2025 the ministry counted 99.2 thousand tonnes of chicken and 23.2 million dozen eggs produced, against 21.8 thousand tonnes of chicken and 5.4 million dozen eggs imported — roughly 18% of chicken and 19% of eggs supplied in those nine months (our calculation). In 2024 Mozambique reported USD 49.3 million of poultry-meat imports (HS 0207), led by the Netherlands, Poland and Brazil, and USD 11.7 million of shell eggs (HS 0407), mostly from South Africa and Zambia. The government's stated aim is self-sufficiency in chicken and eggs with feed raw materials grown in Mozambique. For commercial buyers this points to hatchery, broiler, layer, feed-mill and processing capacity; HatchMatch reviews project briefs from USD 250,000 and approaches suppliers on the buyer's behalf.
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Official production and import figures, 2024–2025
The ministry's figures are the most recent official numbers we could read on 24 October 2026. The full-year 2025 chicken figure comes from the annual SAN report as quoted by Diário Económico; we did not obtain the report itself. Full-year 2025 egg production and full-year 2025 imports were not published in any source we could read, so the nine-month figures are shown as they are and not extrapolated.
Import share (our calculation from the ministry's January–September 2025 figures, ignoring exports and stocks): chicken 21.8 ÷ (99.2 + 21.8) ≈ 18%; eggs 5.4 ÷ (23.2 + 5.4) ≈ 19%. The ministry did not say which product codes its import figures cover, so do not add them to the customs data below.
| Indicator | Figure | Period | Source and status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken production | 154,454 t | January–December 2025 | Ministry SAN annual report, as reported by Diário Económico (14 Feb 2026) [2] |
| Chicken production | 99.2 thousand t | January–September 2025 | Ministerial statement, 29 Oct 2025 [1] |
| Egg production | 23.2 million dozen | January–September 2025 | Ministerial statement, 29 Oct 2025 [1] |
| Chicken imports | 21.8 thousand t | January–September 2025 | Ministerial statement; product codes not stated [1] |
| Egg imports | 5.4 million dozen | January–September 2025 | Ministerial statement [1] |
| Chicken production, previous year | about 135 thousand t | “Last year” in the October 2025 statement (2024) | Ministerial statement; the minister said “about” [1] |
| Egg production, previous year | 29.8 million dozen | “Last year” in the October 2025 statement (2024) | Ministerial statement [1] |
| Per-capita consumption, national hatchery capacity, national feed output | Not published in sources read | — | Gap: ask the ministry or the poultry association before relying on a figure |
Poultry-meat imports in 2024 (HS 0207): about USD 49.3 million
Mozambique reported USD 49,290,440 and 53,369 tonnes of HS 0207 imports for 2024 (UN Comtrade via WITS, reporter-side data, not partner mirror data). HS 0207 covers meat and edible offal of all poultry species, fresh, chilled or frozen, so it is broader than chicken meat and is not comparable with the ministry's chicken figures.
European origins (the Netherlands and Poland) supplied more than a third of the value; Brazil was third. A trade flow in 2024 is not evidence that an origin, a plant or a product is eligible today.
| Origin | Value (USD) | Quantity | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 9.95 million | 10,803 t | 20.2% |
| Poland | 8.74 million | 10,158 t | 17.7% |
| Brazil | 6.83 million | 8,062 t | 13.9% |
| United States | 3.10 million | 2,585 t | 6.3% |
| Ukraine | 2.82 million | 2,957 t | 5.7% |
| South Africa | 1.53 million | 553 t | 3.1% |
| All origins | 49.29 million | 53,369 t | 100% |
Sources: [3]
Shell-egg imports in 2024 (HS 0407): about USD 11.7 million, mainly regional
Mozambique reported USD 11,726,630 and 1,367 tonnes of shell-egg imports for 2024. The published category (HS 040700) does not separate table eggs from hatching eggs, so this total must not be read as table-egg demand; a table-egg-only series could not be retrieved.
Some rows carry very high values per kilogram — for example USD 818,550 for 356 kg from Zimbabwe — which points to hatching eggs, mixed products or reporting differences. Do not derive prices from these rows.
| Origin | Value (USD) | Quantity as reported | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6.52 million | 780.8 t | 55.6% |
| Zambia | 2.99 million | 452.8 t | 25.5% |
| Malawi | 0.84 million | 111.6 t | 7.1% |
| Zimbabwe | 0.82 million | 356 kg | 7.0% |
| Brazil | 0.40 million | 20.9 t | 3.4% |
| All origins | 11.73 million | 1,367 t | 100% |
Sources: [4]
Import substitution: what the government has said
On 29 October 2025 the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries said the government wants the sector to reach self-sufficiency, reduce imports and make chicken and eggs “made in Moz”, with feed raw materials “totally produced in Mozambique”. The government was finalising a Poultry Sector Master Plan with the business confederation CTA, GAIN, the poultry industry association and other stakeholders.
This is a stated objective and a plan in preparation. In the sources we read it is not an enacted import ban, a tariff change or a subsidy scheme, and no quantified results are published yet. Check the final Master Plan before using it in a business case.
- Day-old chicks and parent stock: domestic hatchery and breeder capacity shortens the input chain and reduces exposure to import licensing for live animals.
- Feed: the stated aim is domestic feed raw materials (maize, soya); feed milling and grain storage sit at the centre of any substitution plan.
- Broiler and layer housing: imports still covered roughly a fifth of chicken and egg supply in January–September 2025.
- Processing and cold chain: most imported poultry meat arrives frozen, so domestic chilling, freezing and cold storage capacity is part of the substitution case.
Sources: [1]
Import licences, veterinary certificates and recent market-access changes
The ministry states that veterinary border control works through import licences and veterinary certificates for animals, their products, by-products and fodder; its citizen-services page lists the application for an animal import licence. A 2024 USDA report adds the general shipping documents (import permit, commercial invoice, packing list, bill of entry, certificate of origin and transport documents). Product-specific certificate wording, testing, quarantine and fees were not published in the sources we read.
Two changes were reported: on 17 May 2024 Mozambique lifted its ban on South African poultry products, on condition that they come from birds in avian-influenza-free compartments approved by the veterinary authorities; and on 22 December 2025 Brazil's agriculture ministry announced authorisation for Brazilian hatching eggs and day-old chicks. Neither report is a current admissibility notice.
| Product | What the sources show | Status for a transaction |
|---|---|---|
| Day-old chicks and live birds | Licence and veterinary certificate framework; South African chicks named in the May 2024 lifting; Brazilian chicks authorised Dec 2025 (news report) | Regulatory check required before publication or transaction |
| Hatching eggs | Same framework; South African and Brazilian hatching eggs named in the reports above | Regulatory check required before publication or transaction |
| Frozen poultry meat | Same framework; South African frozen poultry meat named in the May 2024 lifting | Regulatory check required before publication or transaction |
| Table eggs | Same framework; no current product-specific notice found | Regulatory check required before publication or transaction |
| Feed and feed ingredients | Fodder is listed under veterinary border control | Regulatory check required before publication or transaction |
| Equipment and buildings | Not covered by the veterinary sources; general customs documents apply | Confirm customs, standards and electrical requirements with the importer of record |
Where production is concentrated and how supply is organised
In 2023 Maputo province produced 66% of Mozambique's poultry meat, Nampula 11%, Manica 9% and Maputo city 5%, according to the national livestock statistics bulletin as reproduced by the Observatório do Meio Rural. These are 2023 shares, not a 2025 ranking. Typical feed raw materials are maize, soya, fishmeal and vitamins.
Integrated producers often supply day-old chicks, feed and technical support to contract growers and buy the grown birds back for slaughter. Standard Bank describes this model at Novos Horizontes in Nampula, and IFC's Higest disclosure includes upgrading outgrower operations. Project scopes in Mozambique therefore often cover a hatchery, a feed mill, grower houses and a processing plant as one chain.
Producers, hatcheries and feed mills named in public sources
These are the companies we researched, with the roles the cited sources support and the most recent dated evidence we found. The list is alphabetical, it is not a ranking, a supplier list or an endorsement, and it is not complete. Inclusion does not mean a relationship with HatchMatch, an approval or an audit. Capacities are quoted only as stated by the source; they are not verified throughput. We publish no contact details: when a qualified brief needs a local producer or project partner, our team makes the approach on the buyer's behalf.
| Company (as named in sources) | Location | Roles the sources support | Latest dated evidence | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abílio Antunes (Empresa Avícola Abílio Antunes) | Manica province (Chimoio cluster) | Historically integrated: breeders, hatchery, growers, abattoir and feed mill (FAO, 2013); broiler chicken supply | Dec 2021: O País reported 700 tonnes of chicken available in Manica for the festive season | Needs confirmation: current legal name, sites and operations after 2021 [15, 16] |
| AviMagas | Pemba and Montepuez, Cabo Delgado | Commercial egg (layer) producer; the operator said it switched from broilers to layers | Jun 2022: expansion after grant funding (Catalisa/TechnoServe) | Needs confirmation: legal name, operation after 2022, current flock [22] |
| Higest Moçambique, Lda | Machava, Maputo province | Hatchery and day-old chicks, breeder farm, broiler farms with outgrowers, feed, frozen and processed chicken | IFC investment in May 2026 (page updated Aug 2026); IFC states yearly nameplate capacity of 126,720 t of feed, 18 million day-old chicks and 8,538 t of frozen/processed chicken | Roles verified; completion of the expansion and current output need confirmation [11] |
| Maëva Chicken Farm, Lda (Maëva Group) | Bilene, Gaza; company profile also cites sites in Maputo and Gaza | Broiler and layer production, feed and slaughterhouse (company website); breeding, hatchery and distribution (company profile, not independently checked) | Jan 2024: 360 Mozambique reported an upgrade of the Bilene processing plant, with slaughter capacity planned to reach 50,000 birds a day (the article's starting figure is unclear) | Partly verified: commissioning and hatchery output need confirmation [19, 20, 21] |
| ManMart, Lda | Macia (Gaza) and Maputo | Hatchery operator: two hatcheries described on a government-hosted project page | Page updated Jun 2024 | Needs confirmation: current output and products [25] |
| Merec Industries | Maputo/Matola, Beira and Nacala | Feed mill (broiler and layer feed) and flour miller selling through its own shops and distributors; no poultry farming role found | Feb 2025: acquired by Invictus Investment, which states over 180,000 t a year of combined pasta, biscuit and animal-feed processing capacity | Feed role verified; feed-only capacity not published [23, 24] |
| Novos Horizontes Moçambique (New Horizons Mozambique) | Rapale, Nampula province | Integrated broilers: breeders, hatchery, feed mill, abattoir, own shops and contract growers | Oct 2026: IKWELI reported automated, climate-controlled poultry houses under construction, with equipment still in transit | Roles verified; commissioning of the new houses needs confirmation. Older material calling it “Novo Horizonte” refers to this Nampula company [12, 13, 14, 26] |
| Ovos de Ouro (AgDevCo investment “Transurban”) | Egg farm in Morrumbene (Inhambane); feed mill in Matola; hatchery in Boane | Egg producer, feed mill, hatchery (layer and some broiler day-old chicks), own retail outlets | Jul 2024: WE4F described feed sales and support to smallholders; AgDevCo (undated) states a 65,000-hen layer operation | Partly verified: registered names and the Transurban relationship need confirmation [17, 18] |
Sources: [11] · [12] · [13] · [14] · [15] · [16] · [17] · [18] · [19] · [20] · [21] · [22] · [23] · [24] · [25] · [26]
What the evidence means by segment
The table links each segment to the evidence above and to what a buyer should define first. It contains no prices: project budgets come from the farm cost calculator and from supplier proposals for your exact scope.
| Segment | Evidence signal | Define first in the RFQ |
|---|---|---|
| Hatcheries and day-old chicks | Several integrated producers run hatcheries; IFC is financing a hatchery expansion; Brazilian hatching eggs and chicks were authorised in Dec 2025 | Chicks per week, breed or line, parent-stock source, egg room, chick transport and generator back-up |
| Broiler production | 154,454 t produced in 2025; about 18% of chicken supplied in Jan–Sep 2025 was imported; climate-controlled houses being built in Nampula | Birds per cycle and cycles per year, climate-control concept for heat and humidity, feeding and drinking lines |
| Layers and table eggs | 5.4 million dozen eggs imported in Jan–Sep 2025; 2024 shell-egg imports came mostly from South Africa and Zambia | Hens housed, housing system, egg collection, grading, packing and cool storage |
| Feed milling | Government aims for domestic feed raw materials; maize and soya are the main inputs | Tonnes per hour, mash or pellet, raw-material intake and storage, bagging or bulk |
| Processing and cold chain | USD 49.3 million of HS 0207 imports in 2024; a processing-plant upgrade reported in Gaza | Birds per hour, chilled or frozen output, cut-up and packing, freezing and cold-store capacity |
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Buyer questions
- How much chicken did Mozambique produce in 2025?
- 154,454 tonnes, according to the ministry's annual food and nutrition security (SAN) report as reported by Diário Económico on 14 February 2026. The ministry's own October 2025 statement gave 99.2 thousand tonnes for January–September 2025 and about 135 thousand tonnes for the previous year.
- How many eggs does Mozambique import?
- The ministry reported 5.4 million dozen eggs imported in January–September 2025, against 23.2 million dozen produced. In 2024 Mozambique reported USD 11.7 million of shell-egg imports (HS 0407), mostly from South Africa (USD 6.5 million) and Zambia (USD 3.0 million); that category does not separate table eggs from hatching eggs.
- Where does Mozambique import chicken from?
- In 2024 the largest origins of HS 0207 poultry-meat imports by value were the Netherlands (USD 9.9 million), Poland (USD 8.7 million), Brazil (USD 6.8 million), the United States (USD 3.1 million) and Ukraine (USD 2.8 million), out of USD 49.3 million in total. These are historical flows, not proof that an origin or plant is eligible today.
- Has Mozambique banned poultry or egg imports?
- The sources we read show a self-sufficiency objective and a Poultry Sector Master Plan in preparation (October 2025), not a general import ban. A ban on South African poultry products was lifted in May 2024 on condition that products come from avian-influenza-free compartments. Current conditions for a specific product and origin must be confirmed with the veterinary authority before ordering.
- Which Mozambican companies run hatcheries or supply day-old chicks?
- Public sources describe hatchery operations at Higest Moçambique (Maputo province), Novos Horizontes (Nampula), Ovos de Ouro (Boane), ManMart (Macia and Maputo) and, historically, Abílio Antunes (Manica). Current output and availability need confirmation for each. HatchMatch does not publish contact details and approaches companies only for a qualified brief.
- Does HatchMatch import, export, certify or supply poultry in Mozambique?
- No. HatchMatch Group is a buyer-side sourcing service: it reviews commercial briefs and approaches suppliers on the buyer's behalf. It is not a manufacturer, exporter, importer, certifier or operator, and it does not guarantee availability, compliance or outcomes.
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Sources
Official texts are cited directly. News reports, institutional reports and company websites are secondary sources or market context, not rules or confirmation of capacity.
- [1] Moçambique aposta na auto-suficiência avícola e quer produção 100% “made in Moz” Ministério da Agricultura, Ambiente e Pescas (MAAP), Mozambique · Official text · Ministerial statement of 29 Oct 2025
- [2] Produção de carne aumentou mais de 11% em 2025 (annual Food and Nutrition Security report) Diário Económico, citing Lusa and the ministry's SAN report · News report (secondary) · 14 Feb 2026
- [3] Mozambique imports of poultry meat and edible offal (HS 0207), 2024, by partner World Bank WITS (UN Comtrade data reported by Mozambique) · Market data (secondary) · 2024 data, read 24 Oct 2026
- [4] Mozambique imports of birds' eggs in shell (HS 0407), 2024, by partner World Bank WITS (UN Comtrade data reported by Mozambique) · Market data (secondary) · 2024 data, read 24 Oct 2026
- [5] Mozambique ban on South African poultry imports lifted Club of Mozambique · News report (secondary) · 17 May 2024
- [6] Mapa anuncia abertura de mercado para material genético avícola em Moçambique Portal DBO, citing Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA) · News report (secondary) · 22 Dec 2025
- [7] Sanidade Animal (veterinary border control) Ministério da Agricultura, Ambiente e Pescas (MAAP), Mozambique · Official text
- [8] Serviços ao cidadão (animal import licence requests) Ministério da Agricultura, Ambiente e Pescas (MAAP), Mozambique · Official text
- [9] Mozambique: Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards (FAIRS) Country Report USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (U.S. government report) · Institutional report · 7 Nov 2024
- [10] Destaque Rural nº 297 (poultry sector; 2023 provincial production shares from the livestock statistics bulletin) Observatório do Meio Rural (OMR) · Institutional report · 10 Sep 2024
- [11] Higest Expansion – Phase II (project disclosure) International Finance Corporation (IFC) · Institutional report · Disclosed 21 Oct 2024; updated 1 Aug 2026
- [12] Projecto Desbloqueando o Potencial — Novos Horizontes Moçambique Fundo Catalítico para Inovação e Demonstração (FCID) · Institutional report · Page updated 12 Jun 2024
- [13] Novos Horizontes Moçambique (client story) Standard Bank Moçambique · Organisation website (market context) · 26 Aug 2022
- [14] Novos Horizontes prevê redução do preço do frango com construção de aviários automatizados IKWELI · News report (secondary) · 12 Oct 2026
- [15] Poultry Sector Mozambique (FAO Animal Production and Health Livestock Country Reviews) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · Institutional report · 2013
- [16] Avicultores nacionais garantem frango para quadra festiva O País · News report (secondary) · 10 Dec 2021
- [17] Transurban (Ovos de Ouro) investment profile AgDevCo · Organisation website (market context)
- [18] Ovos de Ouro (innovator profile) Energy and Water for Food (WE4F) · Organisation website (market context) · 11 Jul 2024
- [19] Maëva Group (company website) Maëva Group · Organisation website (market context)
- [20] Maëva Chicken Farm exhibitor profile, Mozambique–EU Business Forum EU–Africa Business Forum community · Organisation website (market context)
- [21] Gaza: French entrepreneurs invest $20M to upgrade chicken processing plant 360 Mozambique · News report (secondary) · 10 Jan 2024
- [22] Agribusiness partners (AviMagas profile) Catalisa (TechnoServe) · Organisation website (market context) · 24 Jun 2022
- [23] Soluções Agro (animal feed) Merec Industries · Organisation website (market context)
- [24] Invictus Investment acquires Mozambique's largest flour miller, Merec Industries Invictus Investment (press release) · Organisation website (market context) · 3 Feb 2025
- [25] Projecto Rei dos Pintos — ManMart, Lda Fundo Catalítico para Inovação e Demonstração (FCID) · Institutional report · Page updated 12 Jun 2024
- [26] Novos Horizontes Moçambique (company website: breeders, hatchery, feed mill) Novos Horizontes Moçambique · Organisation website (market context)
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