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Overview of global egg production and trade

14:55, October 29, 2013 Sina Finance

Overview of global egg production and trade

1. Overview of global egg production

From 2000 to 2011, the global production of poultry eggs and eggs grew steadily. According to Dongfang Egg, the global egg production in 2011 was close to 70 million tons, about 69.72 million tons, an increase of 1.27% year on year. Among them, the global egg production in 2011 was about 65.12 million tons. Over the past 11 years, the global production of eggs and eggs has increased at a rate of 2.15% and 2.26% respectively.

Figure 2.1: Trends in global egg production, 2000-2011

Source: United Nations [Weibo] Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), National Bureau of Statistics, Dongfang Egger

Figure 2.2: Global egg production trend, 2000-2011

Data source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), National Bureau of Statistics, Dongfang Aige

As a major egg producer in the world, China's egg production is far ahead of other countries, accounting for about 36% of the global egg production. China, the United States, India, Mexico, Japan, Russia, Brazil and other countries ranked the top in the world in egg production.

Figure 2.3: Proportion of domestic egg production in 2011

Data source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Dongfang Egger

From 1961 to 1982, the egg production of the United States has always ranked first in the world. After 1983, with the increase of the production of other countries, it retired to the second place in the world. From 1984 to 1991, it retired to the third place in the world. Since 1992, it has recovered to the second place in the world. According to FAO data, the U.S. egg production in 2011 was 5.419 million tons, ranking second in the world.

Figure 2.4: Change trend of American egg production, 1961-2011 (unit: thousand tons)

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Since 1961, India's egg production has shown a sustained growth trend, and since 1980, the production growth has accelerated. According to FAO data, India's egg production in 2011 was 3.49 million tons, ranking third in the world.

Figure 2.5: Change trend of egg production in India, 1961-2010 (unit: thousand tons)

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

2. Overview of global egg trade

Since 1970, the global egg trade volume has maintained an upward trend, but its share in the output has been low. From 1970 to 2005, the global egg export volume increased from 404000 tons to 1038000 tons, with a growth rate of 157%. The proportion of export volume in the total egg production was between 1.8-2.8%.

Table 2.1: Global egg exports (thousand tons)

particular year	egg	Share of exports (%)
one thousand nine hundred and seventy	four hundred and four	two point one
one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five	five hundred and thirty-three	two point four
one thousand nine hundred and eighty	seven hundred and forty-four	two point eight
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-five	seven hundred and fifty-seven	two point five
one thousand nine hundred and ninety	eight hundred and thirty	two point four
one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five	eight hundred and one	one point nine
two thousand	nine hundred and forty-two	one point eight
two thousand and five	one thousand and thirty-eight	one point eight
Growth rate (%)	one hundred and fifty-seven	-

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

From the perspective of regional distribution, the egg trade in Europe is more active. In 2006, the world's eggs were mainly imported and exported to Europe, followed by Asia.

Table 2.2: Egg import and export volume and amount of each continent in 2006 (unit: 10000 tons, million US dollars)

		whole world	Africa	Asia	Europe	Central and North America	South America	Oceania
Imported	number	one hundred and fourteen point zero seven	four point zero seven	twenty-eight point one nine	seventy-two point one five	six point zero seven	one point eight two	zero point one eight
Imported	amount of money	one thousand two hundred and eighty-nine point two five	seven point nine one	two hundred and thirty-one point six one	nine hundred and five point zero seven	ninety-six point five five	forty-four point seven seven	three point three four
exit	number	one hundred and sixteen point six nine	zero point two three	thirty-one point one five	seventy-five point four one	eight point two five	one point five four	zero point one
exit	amount of money	one thousand three hundred and sixty-eight point nine two	two point one one	two hundred and twelve point three nine	nine hundred and twenty-five point five nine	one hundred and ninety-six point three one	twenty-seven point six eight	four point five six

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

From 1970 to 2004, the egg export volume of developed countries accounted for a relatively high proportion of the world's egg export volume, but the export volume of developing countries grew rapidly. The export growth rate of eggs in developed countries was 129%, increasing from 344000 tons to 788000 tons. The growth rate of egg exports of developing countries reached 317%, mainly due to the small base in 1970, which led to a high growth rate.

Table 2.3: Egg exports of developed and developing countries (in thousands of tons)

particular year	world	developed country	developing country	World share of developing countries (%)
one thousand nine hundred and seventy	four hundred and four	three hundred and forty-four	sixty	14.85%
one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five	five hundred and thirty-three	four hundred and seventy-seven	fifty-six	10.51%
one thousand nine hundred and eighty	seven hundred and forty-four	six hundred and sixty	eighty-four	11.29%
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-five	seven hundred and fifty-seven	six hundred and twelve	one hundred and forty-five	19.15%
one thousand nine hundred and ninety	eight hundred and thirty	seven hundred and thirty	one hundred	12.05%
one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five	eight hundred and one	six hundred and sixty-five	one hundred and thirty-six	16.98%
two thousand	nine hundred and forty-two	seven hundred and eleven	two hundred and thirty-one	24.52%
two thousand and four	one thousand and thirty-eight	seven hundred and eighty-eight	two hundred and fifty	24.08%
Growth rate (%)	one hundred and fifty-seven	one hundred and twenty-nine	three hundred and seventeen	-

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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