Local poultry companies here are claiming that they cannot sell their chickens because some companies have been dumping cheaper imported frozen chickens on the domestic market. With demand dropping, some local companies are trying new ways to sell their products, including offering 10 free chickens for the purchase of every 100. The local chicken firms say they have large quantities of chickens in their barns and need to sell them to avoid high feeding costs. Ashraf Hassan, an engineer, claimed that certain companies had dumped large quantities of cheaper frozen chicken on the local market over the past few weeks. Some local companies have been unable to compete with the cheaper imported products, he said. An imported frozen chicken costs SR6 compared to SR9 for a locally-produced chicken, he said. In addition, many local consumers, including hotels, are now buying imported chicken. This is __
