What is the price of eggs per kilogram/pound in South Korea today?
The retail price range for South Korea eggs is between US$ 2.03 and US$ 3.07 per kilogram or between US$ 0.92 and US$ 1.39 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of eggs in South Korea
The retail price range in South Korean won for eggs is between KRW 2,704.37 and KRW 4,095.94 per kilogram or between KRW 1,226.47 and KRW 1,857.57 per pound(lb) in Seoul and Busan.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for South Korea eggs is between US$ 1.42 and US$ 2.15 per kilogram or between US$ 0.64 and US$ 0.98 per pound(lb).
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South Korea Eggs Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of eggs from South Korea over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 2.92 US dollars per kilogram, followed by 6.99 US dollars per kilogram in 2018. This was the highest price in the last five years. In 2019, the price dropped to 2.15 US dollars per kilogram and in 2020, it decreased further to 1.82 US dollars per kilogram. In 2021, the price increased to 3.07 US dollars per kilogram and in 2022, it dropped to 2.07 US dollars per kilogram. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of eggs from South Korea in 2023 will be around 2.07 US dollars and in 2024, it will be around 2.15 US dollars.The exports of eggs from South Korea are classified as:
- Dried birds' eggs, not in shell, whether or not sweetened (excluding egg yolks) (HS code 040891)
- 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)
- 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)
- Birds' eggs, in shell, preserved or cooked (HS code 040790)
- Fresh eggs of domestic fowls, in shell (excluding fertilised for incubation) (HS code 040721)
- Fertilised birds' eggs for incubation (excluding of domestic fowls) (HS code 040719)
- Fertilised eggs for incubation, of domestic fowls (HS code 040711)
- Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked (HS code 040700)
- Dried egg yolks, whether or not sweetened (HS code 040811)
South Korea Eggs Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of eggs into South Korea has been relatively stable over the last five years. In 2017, the price was 2.92 US dollars per kg, followed by 6.99 US dollars per kg in 2018. This was the highest price in the last five years, and was followed by a decrease to 2.15 US dollars per kg in 2019. The price then dropped further to 1.82 US dollars per kg in 2020, before increasing to 3.07 US dollars per kg in 2021. The most recent data shows that the import price per kilogram of eggs into South Korea is 2.07 US dollars. Based on the data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of eggs into South Korea will remain relatively stable in the next two years. We predict that the import price per kilogram of eggs into South Korea in 2023 will be around 2.07 US dollars, and in 2024 will be around 2.15 US dollars.Export values for South Korea eggs
The total values in export for eggs in South Korea were US$ 478, US$ 117, US$ 1,041 and US$ 600 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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South Korea eggs - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of eggs exported by South Korea in 2020 was 1,744 metric tons. In 2019 South Korea exported 279 tonnes of eggs. In 2019 alone, the market for South Korea eggs (agro commodities category) has gone up, with a change of 87.248 pc compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, eggs' exports went up by 597.5% netting South Korea US$0.60m for the year 2019. South Korea's eggs exports are categorised as:
- Fertilised eggs for incubation, of domestic fowls (HS code 040711)
- Fresh eggs of domestic fowls, in shell (excluding fertilised for incubation) (HS code 040721)
- Fresh birds' eggs, in shell (excluding of domestic fowls, and fertilised for incubation) (HS code 040729)
- Egg yolks, fresh, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not sweetened (excluding dried) (HS code 040819)
- Dried egg yolks, whether or not sweetened (HS code 040811)
- Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked (HS code 040700)
- Birds' eggs, not in shell, fresh, cooked by steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not sweetened (excluding dried) (HS code 040899)
- Birds' eggs, in shell, preserved or cooked (HS code 040790)
- Dried birds' eggs, not in shell, whether or not sweetened (excluding egg yolks) (HS code 040891)
- Fertilised birds' eggs for incubation (excluding of domestic fowls) (HS code 040719)
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South Korea eggs export values
In 2019, South Korea shipped eggs valued at 0.60m USD, a contraction of -42.36% from 2018's total eggs export of 1.041m USD. The annual reduction in value of South Korea eggs between 2017 to 2018 was 789.744 percent.
The annual change in the quantity of South Korea's eggs exports between 2017 and 2019 was 597.5 percent in comparison to a variation of 87.248% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
South Korea's portion of the world's total eggs' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. South Korea holds number 28 in world exports of eggs.
Export markets for South Korea eggs ( in '000$ )
South Korea's leading export markets for eggs are Hong Kong, Qatar, Japan, Afghanistan and Singapore.
Import/Export Trends
South Korea is a net exporter of eggs. The annual growth of South Korea eggs in value between 2015 to 2019 was -28%, per annum, while annual growth in quantity during the same period was %, per annum.
South Korea imported 3,089 tonnes of eggs in 2019.