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İbrahim Afyon, Head of the Central Union of Egg Producers of Türkiye, stated that egg exports from Türkiye to the USA started in February after the supply-induced crisis due to avian influenza in the USA.
“We exported 7 thousand tonnes of eggs to the USA from January to March. 15 million dollars of export revenue was realised here. There are 15 thousand tonnes of egg exports planned to continue until July. We reduced our exports due to the need of the domestic market due to Ramadan,” Afyon said.
“Lastly, the USA started to buy eggs from Türkiye again after importing eggs in January 2023. Türkiye also had an effect on the decrease in egg prices in the USA. There was a decrease in prices because they bought from other countries together with us,” Afyon noted.
WILL EXPORTS TO THE USA AFFECT DOMESTIC PRICES?
Reminding that Türkiye’s sufficiency rate in egg production is 115 percent, Afyon continued his words as follows: “There is no price hike in our country. Egg price is largely formed by perception. Our eggs are enough. We have more than enough production. Although we said that our new animals are entering production, the prices were on the rise with the domino effect with the perception that ‘eggs will go to export, bird flu has appeared, our eggs will not be enough’. When we realised that this was not the case, prices came back. Currently, the average price of white L-size eggs is 160 TL, while yellow organic eggs, etc. vary between 180-210 TL.”
“WE ARE ONE OF THE COUNTRIES EXPORTING THE MOST EGGS”
Underlining that Türkiye is one of the 5 main egg exporters in the world, Afyon added, “When we look at the ranking, the Netherlands ranks 1st and Türkiye ranks 4th. But we can fall to 5th place so that the domestic market is not affected. The Netherlands is by far the world leader in egg exports, but it is not even in the top 20 in production. The reason for this is that it nationalises the eggs it buys from other countries and writes them to its own export items. The other countries are Brazil, Poland, Ukraine and the USA (before the bird flu) in no particular order.”
