The bucket of eggs in Ecuador rises by $0.40 due to bird flu

The effects are already being felt on the hangers. The ravages of avian flu in Ecuador are already affecting the costs of the products supplied by the poultry sector on a national scale. Eggs have risen in price between 15 and 20%, assured Marisol Molina, Executive Director of the Union of Egg Producers (Uniproh), to EXPRESO. The reason? The supply of the product has been reduced by about 20%. The slaughter of 1.2 million birds to prevent the spread of the disease complicated egg producers. With this, the population of laying birds (which produce eggs) was reduced by 8% and now the sector must face a demand with a lower supply of the product, which makes costs more expensive, explained Diana Espín, Executive Director of the National Corporation of Poultry farmers of Ecuador (Conave). A bucket of eggs (30 units), which cost $3.30 a few weeks ago, has risen to $3.70 these days, Molina said. And the cost may increase even more for Easter, said the union representative. "We as ...