According to AKI PÁIR data, in Hungary on the 15th week of 2024
- the producer price of broiler is HUF 411/kg was, this price was 20.3 percent below the price of a year earlier,
- and the producer price of slaughter turkey is HUF 592/kg was 18.9 percent lower than in the 15th week of 2023.
Based on data from the European Commission, on the 14th week of 2024, the whole 65 percent chicken manufacturer selling price is In the EU, it was 2.6685 EUR/kg on average, 2.5 percent lower than in the same period in 2023. In the same comparison, the price in Hungary is 2.4149 EUR/kg, which was 0.5 percent higher than the price a year ago.
Price changes of fresh chicken meat
The processing sales prices of fresh chicken meat in Hungary in the 15th week of 2024 were as follows:
- chicken breast fillet: HUF 1715.2/kg14.5 percent lower than a year ago,
- bone-in chicken breast: HUF 1164/kgwas 18.9 percent lower than last year’s price,
- bone-in chicken leg: HUF 865.7/kg8.2 percent lower than in the same period of 2023,
- chicken liver with heart: HUF 849.9/kg10 percent lower than last year.
The price of eggs is well below last year’s price
The weekly sales price of tray eggs from cage keeping at the packing point – Photo: AKI
According to the data of AKI PÁIR, in Hungary, food from cage keeping egg (M+L) packing point price was HUF 55.13/piece In the first fifteen weeks of 2024which It was 16.8 percent below the average price for the same period in 2023. The packing point price of boxed eggs of size class M decreased by 15.9 percent to HUF 58.15/piece, and that of boxed eggs of size class L decreased by 14.9 percent to HUF 68.32/piece. The packing point price of M-tray eggs decreased by 20.7 percent to HUF 49.69/piece, and that of L-tray eggs decreased by 17.6 percent to HUF 53.29/piece. The packing point price of edible eggs (M+L) from deep-laying farming was HUF 63.85/piece in the first fifteen weeks of 2024, which is 13.6 percent lower than the average price for the same period in 2023, according to the report of the Agrárközgazdasági Intézet (AKI).
In the first fifteen weeks of 2024, the price of eggs was 16.8 percent lower than the average price of the same period in 2023 – Photo: Pixabay
THE the decrease in the price of eggs can be seen in both the wholesale and consumer markets. In wholesale markets, the price of eggs ranges from HUF 62-78 per piece, which is typically lower than the price a year ago. On the consumer markets, the price of eggs ranges between HUF 70-90/pc based on the data of AKI PÁIR, which is 5-11 percent lower than in the same period of 2023.
They add that according to data from the European Commission in the EU the packing point price of table eggs was 227 euros/100 kilograms in the first fourteen weeks of 2024, It exceeded the value of the same period of the previous year by 11 percent.
What is happening in the egg market?
Based on data from the European Commission, the Union (EU27) imports of eggs and egg products increased by 68 percent to 9,000 tons in January 2024 compared to the same month of the previous year. 82 percent of imports came from Ukraine and the United Kingdom. The community texports of milk and egg products by 30 percent to 29 thousand tons rose In the first month of 2024 compared to January 2023. The EU’s largest destination countries: the United Kingdom (39 percent share of exports), Japan (16 percent) and Switzerland (13 percent) together bought 20,000 tons of eggs and egg products from the community in January this year. Exports to the United Kingdom and Switzerland increased by 10 percent each, and to Japan by 67 percent in the observed period, reports AKI.
It is emphasized that the Based on KSH data, Hungary bought 2.6 thousand tons of shell eggs (+14 percent) from the international market in the first month of 2024, within which it delivered 71 percent more, 1.6 thousand tons of fresh eggs. The export of shell eggs increased by 70 percent to 1.5 thousand tons, while the export of fresh eggs decreased by 30 percent to 117 tons in January 2024 compared to the same month of the previous year.
