After table oil, egg prices are skyrocketing in Morocco. For some time, the prices of eggs have increased considerably in several regions of the Kingdom; an unexpected increase given their abundance on the market but also the drop in farm gate prices. According to Chaouki Jerrari, director of the Interprofessional Federation of the Poultry Sector (FISA), “According to information coming to us from breeders, the price of eggs at the farm has fallen this week.
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During the previous week, the prices (large eggs) were around 90 cents, but today they vary between 85 and 86 cents, ”he says. On farms, these same prices were, as reported by LesEcos, 85 cents last week, and 80 cents now. Same story for the prices of medium and small eggs which are around 70 cents wholesale and 65 cents respectively. And yet despite the drop in prices recorded in this agricultural sector, Moroccan consumers pay up to 1.40 DH for an egg; a big difference between farm gate and retail prices. For Chaouki Jerrari, the approach of Ramadan may be the cause of this surge ...
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