The United States face high egg prices due to their low availability. Recently, they have asked Polish and Lithuanian poultry breeders about the export of eggs – the AFP agency said on Friday, which talked to the directors of the chambers of poultry producers of these countries. This, however, explains that “the situation on the Polish and European market is very tense”.
The AFP agency drew attention to the state of laying hens in the United States, which were affected by bird flu. According to the calculations of the American Ministry of Agriculture, 30 million naoski chickens were euthanasia by this disease.
– At the beginning of February, the US embassy in Warsaw sent a question to our organization whether Poland would be interested in exporting eggs to the American market – said AFP General Director of the National Chamber of Poultry and Feed Producers Katarzyna Gawrońska.
The director of the Lithuanian Chamber of Poultry Producers Gytis Kauzonas confirmed to AFP journalists that he also got a similar inquiry from the US Diplomatic Mescificial Center on Lithuania.
“The situation on the Polish and European market is very tense”
The Polish representative and her Lithuanian counterpart pointed out that the export of eggs to the USA hinders many issues, including commercial and veterinary.
– It is difficult to be able to clearly determine what volume we have, because the situation on the Polish and European market is very tense – admitted Gawrońska. She added that many countries are struggling with egg deficiency. At the same time, she pointed out that a lot depends on what offer the Americans would make.
The Lithuanian Chamber of Poultry Producers declared that the markets of the Baltic and EU countries will be prioritized by local egg producers. – Export contracts are long -term and it would be difficult to find additional production capacity that could be allocated to export – said Kuzonas. He added that the demand for eggs is now very large in Europe.
The director of the Lithuanian Chamber of Poultry Breeders pointed out that usually, to export what special veterinary permits are needed for the USA, the acquisition of which it takes years. At the same time “everything is possible now” – he added.
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Egg deficiencies in the USA
According to the latest data of veterinary services cited by “WAPO”, highly virulent flu was the cause of over 166 million birds since 2022. American services also ensure that the threat to public health resulting from bird flu is low.
Due to the big deficiencies, at the beginning of the year the price of eggs in American stores reached a record level. In January, 12 large class A eggs cost an average of $ 4.95. This is almost twice as much as in January 2024 and nearly three dollars more than in January 2022. The American Ministry of Agriculture estimates that this year the price of eggs may increase by up to about 41 percent.
This situation increases the smuggling of chicken eggs with Canada The American border guard made 3254 egg smuggling classes for January and February, while in January and February 2024, egg smuggling was detected 1508 times.
Bird flu in Poland
Recently, another bonfire has been detected in Poland. This time in three farms in the village of Orla in the Krotoszyn poviat (Greater Poland Voivodeship). In one of the farms, turkeys fell ill in the other chickens. – We started the stage of combating the disease. A total of 50,000 will be disposed of turkeys and 270 thousand Kur-said Ewa Bień-Krzyśków, a veterinarian from the Poviat Veterinary Inspectorate in Krotoszyn.
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According to the National Chamber of Poultry and Feed Producers, Poles from the Polish market in connection with the flu and official combating this disease in the last months of last year (October – December 2024) disappeared from the production of about 1.7 million naoski hens. At the beginning of this year, 5 large herds were also closed, utilizing a total of over 4.3 million laying hens – explained Gawrońska.
On Friday, the Ministry of Agriculture published a message related to information that – as noted by the ministry – appeared in the media space and concerned alleged egg deficits in retail. “
The ministry explained that “possibly noticeable deficiencies can only affect eggs from the far -off”, which may be the result of the actions of the retail chains that withdrew eggs from their offer from cage farming. ” The announcement emphasized that “bird influenza and pre -Christmas periods have an impact on higher egg prices.”
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