Santo Domingo – Top consumer protection officials and national poultry industry leaders have confirmed that the Dominican Republic boasts more than enough domestic chicken output to satisfy surging consumer demand through the upcoming Christmas and New Year holiday period, eliminating any risk of supply shortfalls or unexpected price spikes. Eddy Alcántara, executive director of the National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights (Pro Consumidor), delivered the official assurance this week, noting that local chicken prices have held remarkably consistent across all retail channels for the past 10 months. At present, a single pound of fresh chicken retails for between RD$79 and RD$84 at neighborhood wet markets, chain supermarkets, and independent grocery outlets nationwide, a steady rate that has not seen unplanned fluctuations amid broader regional food supply volatility. Alcántara traced this unusual price stability directly to the robust, sustained output of the country’s domestic poultry sector, which has scaled up operations systematically to build sufficient buffer stocks ahead of the annual holiday demand surge, when poultry dishes are a centerpiece of most family festive feasts. The Dominican Association of Poultry Producers (ADA) has laid out concrete plans to ramp up distribution for December, with projections showing roughly 25 million fresh chickens will be made available to consumers throughout the Christmas season, supplemented by an additional 2 million frozen birds held in secure national cold storage reserves to cover any unanticipated spikes in purchasing. This strong supply outlook is the result of years of targeted growth in the local poultry industry: official government data presented by President Luis Abinader confirms that the Dominican Republic averaged 21.8 million chickens in monthly domestic production across 2025, with output set to peak at 25.2 million birds in December alone. Pro Consumidor officials also emphasized that targeted government support policies for poultry producers have played a key role in this success, including streamlined regulatory mechanisms that simplify commercial distribution of poultry products and cut down on post-harvest waste that often occurs during periods of peak production. Authorities have further clarified that there are no projected supply chain bottlenecks for either chicken or pork, two of the most popular festive meal proteins, through the entire end-of-year holiday period, leaving Dominican consumers free to plan their holiday meals without concerns about product scarcity or sudden cost hikes.
Pro Consumidor: Dominican Republic has enough chicken to meet Christmas demand
