Dear and in deficiency: the Russian Federation due to the lack of eggs begins imports from Iran and Turkey - Roszmi
2 billion pieces of eggs are imported from Turkey and Iran. The reason is the rise in price of products in the country itself. "The event will be short -term, but it will help to contain the increase in consumer prices for socially significant products in the winter and spring, as well as to avoid possible shortage of shortage," Slepnev said. According to the Minister, the Russian Federation has not imported eggs since 2020, as it has been in demand itself.
"But against the background of increasing consumer demand and a decrease in production due to the epizootic situation, there is a noticeable rise in price of eggs," - said Andrey Slepnev. According to the newspaper, over a month a year and a half chicken eggs in Russia have become more expensive by 20%, and since the beginning of the year, prices have been 46%. In December, the Ministry of Economic Development approved the duty of import duty on products from January 1, earlier it was 15%.
On December 17, the Russian Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev said that this week the first parties of eggs from Azerbaijan would appear in Russia, and in the early 2024 they would be supplied from Turkey. Moscow expects that after a decrease in the duty to zero the price of eggs from Turkey and Iran will be compared to Russian. In the fall of 2022, egg prices increased record. Then the value of a dozen fluctuated in the area of 80 UAH.
But already in June 2023, the cost of this product went down, as there were products of private farms on the market, which produce almost 50% of the total volume of eggs in Ukraine. As for today's prices, as of December 18, according to data on the Ministry of Finance website, the price of ten eggs is 54. 99 in the network of Novus stores. In Auchan for a dozen eggs, on average, will have to give 63. 60 hryvnia, in Varus - 62. 90 hryvnia, and in Megamarket - 68. 80 hryvnia.