No shortage of eggs is expected at Easter

Egg consumption in Hungary is approximately 2.3 billion eggs per year, an average of 236 eggs/person/year. Domestic egg producers can meet the usual demand during the year, but during the two peak periods typical of the egg market – Christmas and Easter – imports are also needed every year.

The European Union has been self-sufficient in eggs for a long time, and our country is 80-85% self-sufficient. Edible eggs can be produced most efficiently and at the lowest cost in cage farming, in deep litter farming the costs are 15-20% higher, in free-range farming 40-50% higher, and in organic farming it is about twice as much as in cage farming.