Kazakhstan's egg production to fall by 8.4% in 2020

According to data released by the Kazakhstan Poultry Farming Federation, 5 billion eggs will be produced in Kazakhstan in 2020, down 8.4% year-on-year, the Energy Industry Network reported on February 8.
Almaty (995 million, -5.8 per cent), Akermora (804 million, -6.5 per cent) and Karaganda (664 million, -11.2 per cent) produced the most.
major egg producers in the above-mentioned areas include Alsad Ltd., Almaty Golden Eagle Poultry Farming Co., Ltd., Kazger-kus Co., Ltd., Maykuduk Poultry Farming Co., Ltd., and Carl? Marx Poultry Farming Co., Ltd.
January 2021, the average price of eggs in kazakhstan was 396 tg/10 ,0.94, up 30.4% year-on-year.
, Almaty, Nur Sultan and Atlao are the most expensive, and Taraz is the cheapest.
poultry farming alliance believes that the main reason for the decline in poultry and egg production and price increases is the outbreak of avian influenza in Kazakhstan.
middlemen raised the price of eggs generally to maintain profits, up about 30-50%.
, poultry farming enterprises are also facing the problem of insufficient domestic poultry.
of imported poultry are rising year by year, many enterprises not only lack the liquidity to expand production capacity, even the cost of buying feed can not afford.
prices have risen by about a cent in the past six months.
January-November 2020, Kazakhstan's domestic egg demand (including domestic market sales and exports) self-se0 ratio of 96.6%, import share of about 4.2%, significantly lower than the same period last year 30.4%.
the same period, Kazakhstan exported 205 million eggs, a 6.9-fold decrease from the previous year, and domestic sales of 4.7 billion eggs, an increase of 25.7% year-on-year.
kazakhs consume an average of just two eggs a day.