The price of eggs worldwide is chasing a record

The price of eggs is near an all-time high worldwide as the Easter holidays approach. Catholic Easter is this Sunday. The price of chicken products is constantly growing not only because of the high demand, but also because of the increase in the costs of producers and poultry diseases. The wholesale price of an egg in our country is 36 cents, according to a reference on the website of the State Commission for Commodity Exchanges and Markets , reports BNT. In Europe, egg prices are 10% to 15% lower than last year, but still nearly double what they were in 2021. In the United States, the average price of a dozen eggs was $2.99 in February , down from an average price of $4.21 at the same time last year. But that's still significantly more than the $1.59 a dozen eggs that overseas consumers were paying in February 2021. In South Africa, egg prices soared after 40 percent of laying hens were killed late last year due to bird disease. flu. Six eggs there cost 25.48 South African rand ...