Ministry of Agriculture does not expect egg deficit in Russia and assesses the situation in the poultry products market as stable. So in the department responded to media messages about the possible shortage of this product, RIA Novosti reports.
The ministry stressed that thanks to a complex of measures to support the industry of producers on chicken eggs significantly decreased over the past few weeks after growth at the beginning of the year. So, as of May 26, the cost of eggs of the first category for a month decreased by 19.5 percent, the second category is 10.9 percent. One of the reasons for this was the decline in grain crops.
In the Ministry of Agriculture also indicated that in the spring-summer period, the prices of producers on eggs are reduced by reducing electricity costs, heat and other factors affecting the cost. In addition, the stable situation in the market will continue and in the future thanks to new support measures, in particular, increasing the maximum size of a preferential loan for manufacturers.
Earlier on May 28, the newspaper “Vedomosti” reported that manufacturers of chicken eggs asked the Ministry of Industry, to solve the problem with the “critical reduction of” purchase prices for their goods. They explained that their purchasing prices were below the cost due to seasonal decline in demand after Easter and cost growth. Director General of Rosptizseyuza Galina Bobyleva warned that manufacturers will not be able to work at a loss long and will cut the livestock, which can turn into egg deficit.