EU Market Situation

for
Eggs

Committee for the

Common Organisation
of the Agricultural
Markets
18 June 2020
(video meeting)
 EU EVOLUTION
PRICES
EGGS

Evolution of the weekly EU*

average price for Class A eggs in packing stations
Latest price ==> 129.35 EUR/100 kg

160
Evolution compared same period last year (Week 24) : + 7.0%

150
EUR / 100kg

140

130

120

110

100

Avg. 2015-19 2019 2020

Source: MS notifications (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1185)

* EU without UK

EU market situation for Eggs 18 June 2020

 EU IMPORTS
TRADE Eggs

EU-27 Imports of Eggs:

Trade Figures (Comext – tonnes egg equiv.) not incl. Hatching eggs

2016 2017 2018 2019 Jan-Apr 20 Compared

tonnes % tonnes % tonnes % tonnes % tonnes % to Jan-Apr 19
United Kingdom 19 087 53,0% 26 275 54,1% 25 818 48,8% 33 899 60,3% 8 549 48,7% - 22,7%
Ukraine 8 043 22,3% 3 041 6,3% 13 792 26,1% 12 390 22,0% 4 586 26,1% + 36,6%
USA 2 856 7,9% 10 918 22,5% 5 656 10,7% 4 462 7,9% 2 271 12,9% +++
Argentina 1 864 5,2% 2 921 6,0% 1 938 3,7% 1 365 2,4% 736 4,2% + 75,7%
Japan 26 0,1% 193 0,4% 668 1,3% 52 0,1% 383 2,2% +++
Albania 824 2,3% 1 326 2,7% 963 1,8% 1 137 2,0% 353 2,0% + 67,0%
Other Destinations 3 333 9,3% 3 858 7,9% 4 034 7,6% 2 921 5,2% 662 3,8%
Extra-EU 36 033 48 530 52 870 56 226 17 540
% change + 35% + 9% + 6% + 3,3%

EU market situation for Eggs 18 June 2020

 EU EXPORTS
TRADE Eggs

EU-27 Exports of Eggs

Trade Figures (Comext – tonnes egg equiv.) not incl. Hatching eggs

2016 2017 2018 2019 Jan-Apr 20 Compared

tonnes % tonnes % tonnes % tonnes % tonnes % to Jan-Apr 19
United Kingdom 120 894 33,4% 111 754 34,8% 106 495 32,7% 100 189 29,4% 24 275 23,7% - 38,6%
Japan 46 088 12,7% 53 212 16,6% 62 367 19,1% 77 850 22,9% 21 651 21,1% - 10,3%
Sw itzerland 40 334 11,1% 40 533 12,6% 39 580 12,1% 40 652 11,9% 14 712 14,3% + 1,9%
Israel 12 554 3,5% 10 680 3,3% 19 090 5,9% 12 175 3,6% 6 966 6,8% - 5,1%
Thailand 5 729 1,6% 9 875 3,1% 10 722 3,3% 10 567 3,1% 3 560 3,5% - 5,7%
Taiw an 6 482 1,8% 7 339 2,3% 7 685 2,4% 6 892 2,0% 2 754 2,7% + 28,2%
Mauritania 4 096 1,1% 1 856 0,6% 4 886 1,5% 7 674 2,3% 2 552 2,5% - 8,0%
South Korea 5 162 1,4% 7 911 2,5% 4 100 1,3% 8 267 2,4% 2 545 2,5% - 1,6%
Turkey 2 971 0,8% 4 313 1,3% 3 566 1,1% 5 085 1,5% 1 969 1,9% - 2,0%
Malaysia 3 295 0,9% 2 226 0,7% 3 000 0,9% 4 595 1,4% 1 713 1,7% + 27,9%
Australia 2 180 0,6% 2 053 0,6% 3 295 1,0% 4 430 1,3% 1 386 1,4% + 0,0%
Other Destinations 112 236 31,0% 68 963 21,5% 60 996 18,7% 61 845 18,2% 18 509 18,0%
Extra-EU 362 023 320 714 325 782 340 221 102 592
% change - 11% + 2% + 4% - 17,6%

EU market situation for Eggs 18 June 2020

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Where to find data

https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-
fisheries/farming/facts-and-figures/markets

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EU market situation for Eggs 18 June 2020