According to Cepea, inventories in Brazil are balanced and allowed the owners of farms to negotiate and reduce prices less intensely
Egg prices have fallen in recent days, according to the (Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics), USP, released on Friday (21.mar). Linked to ESALQ-USP (Luiz de Queiroz School of Agriculture of São Paulo University), the center monitors 5 areas in Brazil:
- Recife (PE)
- Greater São Paulo (SP);
- Bastos (interior of São Paulo);
- Greater Belo Horizonte (MG);
- Santa Maria de Jetibá (ES) – One of the main producing centers of the country.
CEPEA says inventories through Brazil are “Balanced” and allowed the owners of farms to negotiate and reduce prices less intenseeven with “Pressure for the granting of discount”.
“The pressure to grant business discounts has increased due to the typical drop in demand during this period of the month. On the other hand, some agents claim that farms in farms are balanced, without the need for intense reductions in values. As a result, the intensity of lows varied according to the regions surveyed.”says the note.
See below values in the regions consulted by CEPEA:
CEPEA Egg Researcher, Claudia Scarpelin, the egg prices highly started in the second half of January and intensified throughout February. The reason was the Decrease in the supply of eggs in the domestic market, coupled with the gradual increase in demand.
In the US, there is an outbreak of avian flu. To try to contain the disease, the producers sacrificed millions of birds. This caused a reduction in internal production and increasing demand for the foreign market.
High becomes a theme among politicians
On March 14, the president (PT) to discover “Thief who ran a hand in the right to eat egg”.
“And I want to find out where there is a thief who ran a hand in the right to eat egg of the Brazilian people … The Brazilian people eat, on average, 260 eggs a year. It’s not even 1 a day. But you know how many eggs Brazil will produce this year?”. declared the president.
On Tuesday (18.mar.2025), the mayor of São Paulo, (MDB), published a video the president’s speech. In the video, Nunes takes an egg card and says he doesn’t know “Where is the pilantra that went up the price” But you know that who will decrease the price in São Paulo for “Poor people buy” It will be him.
