Last week, 2.1 million food eggs were supplied to Russia from Azerbaijan and 316.8 thousand food eggs from Turkey. In this respect reported Rosselhoznadzor.
The products are intended for sale in the Russian Federation.
The decision to open the market for Azerbaijani eggs was taken in November 2022, and the first deliveries started in December. Turkish eggs are supplied within the scope of tariff reduction.
A total of 22.3 million food eggs have been imported to Russia from the two countries since the beginning of 2024. This made it possible to reduce average egg prices by 2.6% from the beginning of 2023.
Before that, it was known that the government of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Agriculture were actively working. they are fighting With the increase in egg prices, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized that the measures taken include egg exports from Azerbaijan and work to resolve the situation.
He also noted the important role of direct appeals to the president, although he acknowledged that the government’s actions had been energetic even before that. The EEC’s decision to lift import duties on chicken eggs by June 2024 also underlined its desire to alleviate the crisis.
Previously at the Ministry of Agriculture stated regarding the intention to stop the increase in prices of dairy products.