What is the price of eggs per kilogram/pound in South Africa today?
The retail price range for South Africa eggs is between US$ 0.95 and US$ 1.91 per kilogram or between US$ 0.43 and US$ 0.86 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of eggs in South Africa
The retail price range in Rand for eggs is between ZAR 18.52 and ZAR 37.04 per kilogram or between ZAR 8.40 and ZAR 16.80 per pound(lb) in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for South Africa eggs is between US$ 0.67 and US$ 1.33 per kilogram or between US$ 0.30 and US$ 0.61 per pound(lb).
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South Africa Eggs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of eggs from South Africa has seen a steady decline over the last five years. In 2017, the price was 1.69 US$ per kg, and in 2021 it was 2.44 US$ per kg. The lowest price was recorded in 2019, when it was 1.55 US$ per kg. The price has been increasing since then, with the latest price being 2.49 US$ per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is likely that the export price per kilogram of eggs from South Africa will continue to increase in the next two years, with an estimated price of 2.54 US$ per kg in 2023 and 2.59 US$ per kg in 2024.The eggs exports from South Africa are categorised as:
- Dried egg yolks, whether or not sweetened (HS code 040811)
- Fertilised birds' eggs for incubation (excluding of domestic fowls) (HS code 040719)
- 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)
- Fertilised eggs for incubation, of domestic fowls (HS code 040711)
- Birds' eggs, in shell, preserved or cooked (HS code 040790)
- 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)
- Fresh birds' eggs, in shell (excluding of domestic fowls, and fertilised for incubation) (HS code 040729)
- Fresh eggs of domestic fowls, in shell (excluding fertilised for incubation) (HS code 040721)
- Dried birds' eggs, not in shell, whether or not sweetened (excluding egg yolks) (HS code 040891)
South Africa Eggs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of eggs into South Africa has seen a steady decline over the past five years. In 2017, the price was $1.69, and in 2021 it was $2.44. This represents a decrease of $0.75 per kilogram. The lowest price was recorded in 2019, when the import price was $1.55 per kilogram. This was a decrease of $0.84 from the previous year. The highest price was recorded in 2022, when the import price was $2.49 per kilogram. This was an increase of $0.05 from the previous year. Based on this data, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of eggs into South Africa in 2023 will be $2.37 and in 2024 will be $2.30.Export values for South Africa eggs
The total values in export for eggs in South Africa were US$ 28,747, US$ 23,785, US$ 21,839 and US$ 24,835 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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South Africa eggs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 South Africa shipped 190,772 tonnes of eggs. In 2019 alone, the demand for South Africa eggs (agro commodities category) has gone down, with a change of -56.673 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, eggs' exports went down by -55.55 percent earning South Africa US$24.84m for the year 2019. South Africa's eggs exports are categorised as:
- Fresh birds' eggs, in shell (excluding of domestic fowls, and fertilised for incubation) (HS code 040729)
- Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked (HS code 040700)
- Fresh eggs of domestic fowls, in shell (excluding fertilised for incubation) (HS code 040721)
- Dried egg yolks, whether or not sweetened (HS code 040811)
- Fertilised birds' eggs for incubation (excluding of domestic fowls) (HS code 040719)
- Dried birds' eggs, not in shell, whether or not sweetened (excluding egg yolks) (HS code 040891)
- Birds' eggs, not in shell, fresh, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not sweetened (excluding dried) (HS code 040899)
- Egg yolks, fresh, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not sweetened (excluding dried) (HS code 040819)
- Fertilised eggs for incubation, of domestic fowls (HS code 040711)
- Birds' eggs, in shell, preserved or cooked (HS code 040790)
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South Africa eggs export values
In 2019, South Africa shipped eggs valued at 24.84m USD, a surge of 13.74% from 2018's total eggs export of 21.839m USD. The annual increase in value of South Africa eggs between 2017 to 2018 was -8.182 pc.
The annual change in the amount of South Africa's eggs exports between 2017 and 2019 was -55.55% when compared to a variation of -56.673% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Export markets for South Africa eggs ( in '000$ )
South Africa's leading destinations for eggs are Nigeria, Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire
), Seychelles, Mozambique and Tanzania.
South Africa purchased 556 tonnes of eggs in 2019.