attempts to reduce egg prices were successful – Kommersant

Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that attempts by the government and the Ministry of Agriculture to reduce egg prices “were crowned with success.” According to him, the “accelerating effect of the direct line” with President Vladimir Putin played a role in this.

“It would be unfair to say that such actions by the government and the Ministry of Agriculture are a reaction to a direct line. The government and the Ministry of Agriculture worked quite energetically, the crisis was obvious, Putin explained in detail why this situation occurred with a sharp increase in prices for chicken and eggs,” Mr. Peskov said in a conversation with reporters.

According to the press secretary, it is impossible to “instantly” stabilize the market for a number of reasons. He included “a certain market capacity, the process of saturation, inertia” among them. “The goods go to wholesale, until the wholesale is reflected in retail, time passes. Therefore, these are also completely natural processes, the government continues to work energetically,” explained Dmitry Peskov.

He also recalled the decision of the Eurasian Economic Commission to cancel duties on the import of chicken eggs to Russia from January 1 to June 30, 2024. “Prompt contacts were carried out with other countries in order to saturate the market through imports and thereby turn prices into a downward trajectory,” the press secretary said.

Today, December 18, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Rusprodsoyuz Association Dmitry Leonov, in a conversation with TASS, said that a decrease in egg prices should be expected only after the New Year, since the opening of imports will put additional pressure on prices. According to the association, the average price of a dozen eggs exceeded 121 rubles, and from December 11 to 17 amounted to 121.8 rubles. According to Rosstat, in the period from December 5 to December 11, chicken eggs increased in price by 4.6% since the beginning of the year – by 46.18%.

On December 14, during the “Results of the Year”, Vladimir Putin answered a question about increasing egg prices. According to him, the reason for the increase in prices for chicken meat and eggs is the increase in demand for these products. At the same time, according to Mr. Putin, imports were not opened on time, but now the decision has been made within the EAEU. On December 17, Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev announced that eggs from Turkey without import duty will begin to arrive in Russia in two to three weeks. According to him, this should adjust prices for this product.

Read more in the Kommersant article. “From sick livestock to healthy ones”.