What is the price of eggs per kilogram/pound in Japan today?
The retail price range for Japan eggs is between US$ 6.79 and US$ 12.13 per kilogram or between US$ 3.08 and US$ 5.50 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of eggs in Japan
The retail price range in Yen for eggs is between JPY 938.43 and JPY 1,675.76 per kilogram or between JPY 425.59 and JPY 759.98 per pound(lb) in Tokyo and Yokohama.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for Japan eggs is between US$ 4.76 and US$ 8.49 per kilogram or between US$ 2.16 and US$ 3.85 per pound(lb).
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Japan Eggs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of eggs from Japan has seen a steady decline over the past five years. In 2012, the export price was 4.11 US dollars per kilogram, but by 2021, it had dropped to 2.48 US dollars per kilogram. This represents a decrease of 39.7%. The export price has remained relatively stable since 2021, with the latest figure being 2.11 US dollars per kilogram. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price of eggs from Japan will remain around 2.11 US dollars per kilogram in 2023 and 2024.The eggs exports from Japan are categorised as:
- Fresh eggs of domestic fowls, in shell (excluding fertilised for incubation) (HS code 040721)
- Birds' eggs, not in shell, fresh, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not sweetened (excluding dried) (HS code 040899)
- Dried birds' eggs, not in shell, whether or not sweetened (excluding egg yolks) (HS code 040891)
- Birds' eggs, in shell, preserved or cooked (HS code 040790)
- Fresh birds' eggs, in shell (excluding of domestic fowls, and fertilised for incubation) (HS code 040729)
- Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked (HS code 040700)
- Egg yolks, fresh, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not sweetened (excluding dried) (HS code 040819)
- Dried egg yolks, whether or not sweetened (HS code 040811)
- Fertilised birds' eggs for incubation (excluding of domestic fowls) (HS code 040719)
- Fertilised eggs for incubation, of domestic fowls (HS code 040711)
Japan Eggs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of eggs into Japan has seen a steady decline over the past five years. In 2012, the price was 4.11 US dollars per kg, and by 2021, it had dropped to 2.48 US dollars per kg. This represents a decrease of 39.7%. The price has remained relatively stable since then, with the most recent price in 2022 being 2.11 US dollars per kg. Based on this trend, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of eggs into Japan will continue to decrease in the next two years. We can predict that the import price per kilogram of eggs into Japan in 2023 will be around 2.00 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 it will be around 1.90 US dollars per kg.Export values for Japan eggs
The total values in export for eggs in Japan were US$ 9,413, US$ 11,029, US$ 15,142 and US$ 21,423 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Japan eggs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The quantity of eggs shipped by Japan in 2020 was 18,186 metric tonnes. In 2019 Japan shipped 8,814 tonnes of eggs. Across 2019 alone, the interest in Japan eggs (agro commodities category) has increased, with a change of 46.656 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, eggs' exports went up by 117.79% earning Japan US$21.42m for the year 2019. Japan's eggs exports are classified as:
- Fertilised birds' eggs for incubation (excluding of domestic fowls) (HS code 040719)
- Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked (HS code 040700)
- Dried birds' eggs, not in shell, whether or not sweetened (excluding egg yolks) (HS code 040891)
- Fertilised eggs for incubation, of domestic fowls (HS code 040711)
- Fresh birds' eggs, in shell (excluding of domestic fowls, and fertilised for incubation) (HS code 040729)
- Birds' eggs, in shell, preserved or cooked (HS code 040790)
- Dried egg yolks, whether or not sweetened (HS code 040811)
- Fresh eggs of domestic fowls, in shell (excluding fertilised for incubation) (HS code 040721)
- Egg yolks, fresh, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not sweetened (excluding dried) (HS code 040819)
- Birds' eggs, not in shell, fresh, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not sweetened (excluding dried) (HS code 040899)
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Japan eggs export values
In 2019, Japan exported eggs worth 21.42m USD, an increment of 41.46% from 2018's total eggs export of 15.142m USD. The annual growth in value of Japan eggs between 2017 to 2018 was 37.293 per cent.
The per year variation in the volume of Japan's eggs exports between 2017 and 2019 was 117.79 per cent in comparison to a variation of 46.656% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
Japan's share of the world's total eggs' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Japan holds position 25 in world exports of eggs.
Export markets for Japan eggs ( in '000$ )
Japan's best performing export markets for eggs are Singapore, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Philippines and China.
Import/Export Trends
Japan is a net exporter of eggs. The annual growth of Japan eggs in value between 2015 to 2019 was -35%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity for the same period was %, per annum.
Japan bought 14,849 tonnes of eggs in 2019.