MOSCOW, Dec. 28 (Sputnik) -- Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitoria Abramchenko said in an interview with Sputnik that Russia does not exist and will not have a shortage of eggs, and that the market will not only fully guarantee eggs, but eggs will also stabilize after the New Year. "There is no shortage and there will certainly be no shortage," Abramchenko said. Corresponding measures have been taken, the balance of production and consumption, and at the same time expand the import of eggs, the market has been able to fully protect the eggs. ”
She said that it is possible to wait for the price of eggs to drop: "The trend before the New Year will subside, and ** will be stable." There is no doubt that there is a rush to buy buckwheat, sugar and sunflower oil during the pandemic, but there is no reason for this rush to buy. ”
She mentioned that there are two reasons for the current market situation: First, consumption has increased significantly. According to statistics, the increment is more than 1.8 billion. In addition to the increase in consumption, there was an outbreak of avian influenza this year, which led to a drop of 700 million units in production. "It is reported that ** has taken a series of measures at the same time to stabilize the market situation. For example, agreements have been reached with large egg producers to rapidly increase production, and the Ministry of Agriculture has put in place protection mechanisms. "It is expected that these measures could increase production by 5500 million eggs. "Russian eggs are 50% higher than at the beginning of the year, of which from December 19 to 25 were 395% compared to 4 the week before62%。Answering a question about the situation with eggs and chickens at a press conference on December 14, Putin explained that the reason for this was the increase in demand, while production had not kept up and imports had not been released in time. Russian Agriculture Minister Patrushev later expressed the hope that Russian egg ** would begin to decline after the New Year, and said that the abolition of import duties was one of the main prerequisites. At the same time, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service announced on December 15 that it had filed a case against four regional egg producers, and later reported four more cases.