Finland responded to the United States: We cannot solve this egg crisis
Eggs|Finland has sent the US answer to the egg issue, says Veera Lehtilä, Executive Director of the Poultry Association.
United States has also inquired about possible egg assistance from Finland, confirms the Executive Director of the Poultry Association Veera Lehtilä.
Problems caused by bird flu have increased the price of eggs in the United States. The United States has begun to find out if we could get Europe help with the situation.
Danish media Agriwatch Similar requests would have been made at least for the Netherlands, Swedish and Denmark similar to the organizations of egg producers.
« It was mainly asked if we could bring and how much, » Lehtilä says.
According to Lehtilä, the matter has been investigated and the answer has been drawn up with the food agency authorities. Finland has already responded to the United States.
Finland does not have grounds for exporting egg products to the United States. Lehtilä notes that any commencement of exports would require a lot of investigation, as eggs have not previously been exported to the United States.
“This is not simple. Much is still open. ”
Food agency Export agreements to the United States would include, for example, the Netherlands and Lithuania and from non -EU countries to Canada. US media CNN reported that Turkey also plans to export eggs to the United States.
Finnish It is self -sufficient in terms of eggs, says Lehtilä. According to him, there are enough eggs for export in good years. However, the quantities do not match the need for the United States.
There are about four million eggs in Finland, says Lehtilä. Tens of millions of chickens have had to be killed in the United States due to bird flu. Thus, Finland could not solve this egg crisis.
« No, even if we send all our eggs, » Lehtilä says.
Golden egg-ing company Dava Foods Finland has sold its surplus eggs from the Finnish market, mainly to Europe, CEO Juha-Petri Jokinen tells you. The company has not studied export opportunities to the United States.
In addition to the gold egg, the company packs eggs in grocery stores, such as the S-chain domestic egg eggs.
Even if there are extra eggs, they may have already made contracts with other buyers, Jokinen says.
« At the moment, contracts have been made with domestic customers until the end of the summer. »
According to Jokinen, the US bird flu case has also raised egg prices in Europe as well, as the United States is Europe's most significant egg importer. In addition, European chickens are currently in bird flu, and according to Jokinen, millions of laying chickens have been stopped in the last six months.
« You can't talk about the egg shortage for Europe, but the price level is elevated. »
The problem has not been seen in Finland due to self -sufficiency.
Also, due to the bird flu, a lot of chickens were stopped in Europe, Jokinen recalls. At the same time, the epidemic hit the Ukrainian war, which increased other egg production costs, so the egg price was increased for a longer period of time.
