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The French foie gras sector has reported a positive trade balance for 2025, showing a surplus of €35.6 million. This recovery follows a challenging period marked by an avian influenza outbreak that significantly impacted production in 2023. The implementation of a mandatory vaccination strategy for ducks has contributed to the resurgence of foie gras production in France.
- ▪The trade balance for foie gras in 2025 showed a surplus of €35.6 million, an increase of €10 million from previous figures.
- ▪French foie gras production rose to 16,827 metric tons in 2025, recovering from a historic low of nearly 8,000 metric tons in 2022.
- ▪The government mandated vaccination against avian influenza for all ducks raised in France starting October 2023.
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"We are defending France's food sovereignty," the foie gras sector proudly declared. Duck farmers and processors expressed satisfaction with the trade balance results for 2025, which showed a surplus of €35.6 million, up by €10 million, according to figures released Monday, March 30, by the French interbranch committee for foie gras ducks and geese (CIFOG). Foie gras on display at the Paillet duck farm in Labarthète, southern France, October 2, 2023. VALENTINE CHAPUIS/AFP This marked a return to better fortunes after the trade balance slipped into the red in 2023, following a severe outbreak of avian influenza. In 2025, the highly pathogenic virus reappeared in several European countries, including France.
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