Russia: The decline in prices for eggs in March accelerated to 2.3%, for chicken, slowed down to 0.2%

Moscow. April 10th. INTERFAX.RU - Consumer prices for eggs in March decreased by 2.3% compared to February, chicken meat became cheaper by 0.2%, Rosstat reported on Wednesday. Compared to February, when eggs fell in price by 0.6%, the rate of decline in egg prices accelerated. The decline in prices for chicken slowed down; in February it fell by 1.2%. According to Rosstat, since the beginning of the year, prices for eggs have decreased by 4.7%, for chicken - by 3.8%. At the same time, in annual terms, eggs in March were more expensive by 45.3%, chicken meat by 27.8%. As reported, due to the high rise in prices for these products last year, the government took a number of measures to stabilize the situation. Thus, for the first half of this year, the duty on the import of eggs was canceled, which will allow the import of up to 1.2 billion eggs. In particular, Türkiye and Azerbaijan are actively involved in supplies, and Belarus is also increasing exports. According to ...