The price of half a dozen eggs has increased by nearly 28% since January, reaching 2.06 euros at the end of June. However, further price increases are not anticipated.
The price hike was due to a “disbalance between supply and demand, [there was] more demand than supply in the market,” stated Manuel Sobreiro, an executive at Companhia Avícola do Centro (CAC) in comments to TVI.
Manuel Sobreiro clarified that the price “rose, stabilized, and no further price increases are expected.”
“For now, no price increase is expected, and we believe that this year (…) everything indicates that there will be no further complications in the market. No price increases are foreseeable either at the moment or this year,” he said.
The price of half a dozen eggs was 1.61 euros on January 1 and reached 2.06 euros on June 25, marking an increase of 27.95% or an additional 45 cents, according to data compiled by the Portuguese Consumer Protection Association.
The price of half a dozen eggs has risen by nearly 28% since January, reaching 2.06 euros at the end of June, according to data from Deco provided to Lusa.
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The largest increase occurred in the first quarter, with the price climbing 27.3% from January until March 26.
During this period, the cost of half a dozen eggs increased by 44 cents.
Nevertheless, from the beginning of the year until March 12, this price did not exceed 1.70 euros. From March 26 to April 16, the price remained stable at 2.05 euros.
On April 23, it reached a peak of 2.07 euros, a price seen again on May 14, June 11, and June 18.
In the second quarter, the price of a box of half a dozen eggs increased by one cent, from 2.05 to 2.06 euros.
The reason behind the price rise
The increase in egg prices began to be felt in the U.S. due to a shortage of this good, exacerbated initially by avian flu, which led to the culling of millions of chickens.
In early March, the United States President, Donald Trump, blamed his predecessor, Joe Biden, for leaving the country in an “economic catastrophe and inflation nightmare,” including a shortage of eggs in many supermarkets or very high prices.
