According to a report by Reuters news agency, the United States is still facing an egg crisis.
To deal with the rising egg prices, the United States has requested egg exports from Turkey, Denmark, and some other European countries. This request from the US Department of Agriculture coincided with President Donald Trump’s new tariff threats against European countries and many other countries. Trump also threatened to impose economic sanctions on Denmark if they refused to hand over Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, to the US. In a document reviewed by Reuters, a representative of the US Department of Agriculture in Europe was seen sending an official letter to egg-producing countries at the end of February, inquiring whether they could supply eggs to the US market. In early March, a new letter was sent to the Danish egg producers’ association requesting an estimate of the amount of eggs that could be sent to the US. The Danish organization stated that they would consider this request but noted that there is a shortage of egg production in Europe, due to increasing consumption and a global egg supply deficit caused by the bird flu outbreak. Ibrahim Afyon, the President of the Egg Producers Central Association (YUM-BIR) in Turkey, mentioned that they had reached an agreement with the US for approximately 15,000 tons of egg exports due to the bird flu outbreak causing a shortage in egg supply. He stated that the shipments, which began in February, would continue until July.