The average price of eggs in Spain has increased by 18% over a year, a rise that began in March and has a multifactorial origin, while in the European Union this basic food has risen by 10%, with inflation in the eurozone at 6.7%.
However, Spain is facing the impact of avian flu, especially in laying farms where more than two million hens have already been culled, placing it as the seventh most inflationary country in the European Union in terms of egg prices, according to data extracted from Eurostat.
Specifically, the price of this basic food is 17.9% more expensive than a year ago (harmonized CPI data from September) in the country, behind the Czech Republic (+38.6%), Slovakia (30.9%), Portugal (30.4%), Latvia (18.9%), Hungary (18.2%), and Poland (18%).
Nevertheless, this inflation has not been accompanied by the outbreak of avian flu in Spain because the price of eggs skyrocketed in February when the virus had not yet ...
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