The consumption of eggs in homes in Spain continues to increase

Published 2022년 5월 4일

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Spanish household consumption of eggs saw an increase of 6.2% in 2021 compared to 2019, despite a slight decrease from the previous year. Households spent 14% more on eggs in 2021 than in 2019, totaling 987 million euros. The egg industry remains a significant part of the Spanish diet, with 407.9 million kilograms consumed in 2021, marking a 6.1% increase from 2019. The sector experienced a 1.6% growth in exports in 2021, with France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Mauritania, the UK, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Equatorial Guinea as the main destinations. However, rising production costs have led to a decrease in gross margins for laying poultry in 2022. The industry is also transitioning to alternative production systems, such as on-the-floor, free-range, or ecological, in response to the European Commission's initiative to phase out cage use, with an 19% increase in the census of layers in alternative systems and a 12% rise in alternative farms.

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The consumption of eggs in Spanish households consolidated its upward trend in 2021. And, although the consumption of eggs in Spanish households in the twelve months between December 2020 and November 2021 fell by 8.2% compared to the year Until November 2020 (which was an unprecedented year, where up to 46% more eggs were consumed during the months of March, April and May compared to the previous year), consumption levels continue to remain above previous years to the pandemic. Specifically, 6.2% more than in 2019. This follows from the latest quarterly report of indicators of the laying poultry sector presented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, analyzed by the Interprofessional Organization of Eggs and their Products (Inprovo), which reveals that, in total, households spent in buying eggs in the moving year until November 2021 included 987 million euros, 5.5% less than in 2020, but 14% more than in 2019, and represents 1.3% of the total value of food in ...

Source: Financialfood