Egg prices in the Netherlands are historically high

The price of eggs is at a historic high at the beginning of 2023. This is mainly due to the sharp increase in the cost of chicken feed. The supply of eggs is also smaller due to the avian flu. In the European Union, eggs were on average 31.1% more expensive in February 2023 than in February last year. There are big differences between countries. In the Czech Republic eggs were more than 95% more expensive and in Hungary and Slovakia the price increase was almost 80%. In Cyprus, the price increase was less than 14%. The price of eggs has also risen sharply in the United States in the past year. In February 2023, Americans paid 55.4% more for eggs than a year earlier. Last year, the United States was hit by the largest outbreak of avian flu to date. Last year, the Netherlands imported 7 million euros worth of eggs from Ukraine, accounting for 1.4% of Dutch egg imports. Before May 2022, virtually no eggs from Ukraine came to our country. The Netherlands is now the third destination ...