The United States have asked Danish authorities to ramp up eggs exports across the Atlantic as prices remain elevated amid shortages.
The development, reported by specialist Danish publications, AgriWatch and Foodwatch, comes as tensions run high over Donald Trump‘s repeated claims that he will make Greenland, the autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark, part of US.
The average wholesale price of eggs in the US reached an all-time high of more than $8 a dozen in early March, with production hit hard by avian flu outbreaks and ensuing poultry culls.
It has since fallen to around $6, according to Trading Economics, but remains elevated and with over 127 million egg laying birds since 2022, fears of renewed shortages persist.
As a result, US authorities have now approached Denmark’s leading industry firm, Danish Eggs, to inquire about the possibility of increasing exports.
“They have approached us to ask how much we can deliver. They have also written to my colleagues in the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland,” sector manager for Danish Eggs Jørgen Nyberg Larsen told Agriwatch in an interview.
Other Danish business leaders corroborated Larsen’s claims, with CEO of Dava Foods, Ivan Noes Jørgensen, saying he was “aware of the acute shortage of eggs in the US,” and confirming that the company has received such a request from Danish Eggs.
This is a developing story.
A dozen eggs are seen in a carton on February 10, 2025, in Monterey Park, Calif.
A dozen eggs are seen in a carton on February 10, 2025, in Monterey Park, Calif.
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