Chamber of poultry producers in EU: Eggs in the price of poultry meat

게시됨 2023년 4월 2일

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The article highlights the unusual situation in the European Union where the average price of chicken eggs has surpassed that of chicken meat due to the impact of avian influenza. The virus has significantly reduced egg production, with the EU seeing a 9% decrease in January compared to the previous year, particularly in Germany and Italy. This has led to a wholesale price increase of over 123% since June 2022, although not all of this has been passed on to retail consumers. Poland, as the sixth largest egg producer in the EU, has experienced over a 15% decrease in egg production potential. Despite these challenges, egg exports from Poland have doubled compared to the previous year, with Germany, the Netherlands, France, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Italy being the main recipients.

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According to the EC quotations on March 20. 100 kilograms of chicken meat for slaughter cost an average of EUR 263.4 in the EU, and 100 kilograms of chicken eggs cost an average of EUR 263.95. The average price of eggs in Europe was therefore even slightly higher than the average price of poultry. - The price anomalies we are currently experiencing are the result of avian influenza and the behavior that follows this epizootic. Statistically, the virus primarily affects flocks of laying hens, and only to a small extent flocks of chicken broilers intended for meat. Bird influenza is harmful not only by directly leading to the physical liquidation of flocks, but also by indirectly stopping producers from supplementing and increasing their production potential - explains Mariusz Szymyślik, director of analyzes at KIPDiP. The Chamber's analysts estimate that the egg production potential in the European Union in January this year was about 9 percent lower than the year before. The ...

출처: Farmer.pl