Egg producer in Turkey suffering from high cost and market grip

Published 2020년 9월 30일

Tridge summary

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in egg consumption globally, with Turkey being one of the top nine egg-producing countries. However, the lack of regulation in production has led to a crisis in the industry, especially after the ban on egg imports from Turkey to Iraq, causing a decrease in prices and losses for producers. The sector has been struggling for the past 18 months, with a decrease in support for egg exports and a sudden increase in the cost of feed. The establishment of an egg powder facility, as promised by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, could provide a solution, given the high cost of feed and the need for more support for the egg industry.

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Original content

One of the products whose consumption is increasing in the coronavirus process is egg. However, the price of eggs, which does not increase, is not desired. There are a lot of needs on egg production capacity in Turkey. There is no regulation that plans and controls production. Anyone can set up a coop and produce eggs. Producers are partially more comfortable during export periods. When there is no export, there is a crisis. According to the data of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the world chicken egg production is approximately 77 million tons. Only 2 million tons of this production is subject to trade. Egg is consumed where it is produced. Approximately 25 percent of production is in China. America, India, Mexico, Brazil are other important producer countries. Turkey # 9 in egg production. Japan ranks first with 333 eggs in per capita egg consumption. 305 per capita in Russia, 230 in Germany, 219 and 214 eggs consumed in Turkey and in France. ...

Source: TRdunyasi