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| Russia has supplied chicken eggs to the US for the first time in decades |
| 2025-09-06 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. "but I need the eggs..." -- old joke. Washington, September 5, 2025, 06:26 — IA Regnum. In July of this year, the United States purchased eggs from domestic hens in Russia for the first time in several decades. This was reported on September 5 by RIA Novosti, citing data from the American statistical service. According to the US statistical service, in July, fresh chicken eggs from Russia were imported to the country for 455 thousand dollars. This is the first such delivery since at least 1992. The reason for purchasing chicken eggs was the bird flu epidemic in the USA and the sharp rise in prices for chicken eggs, associated with a shortage of this product. In order to stabilize prices, the US authorities decided to expand imports of chicken eggs. In July, the US imported chicken eggs worth $16.5 million. The largest number of eggs came from Brazil ($8.8 million), Mexico ($3.9 million), and India ($933,000). It is noted that although prices for chicken eggs have been falling for several months, in July their cost was 16.4% higher than last year. At the same time, Russia has sharply increased egg production, which has caused a drop in their cost. The Ministry of Agriculture noted that producers have to sell chicken eggs below cost. Russian poultry farms have begun to slaughter laying hens en masse against the backdrop of falling egg prices and overall unprofitability of production. |
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