AGRICULTURAL NEWS - South Africa opened its borders in July for trade in US shell eggs, according to a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report.
According to the USDA, South Africa is ordinarily self-sufficient in egg production and did not import large volumes of shell eggs.
But “the local egg industry is still recovering from the highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N8) outbreaks of 2017 that have increased the demand for imports,” said the USDA.
Between January and May 2018, South Africa imported 50t of table eggs, valued at US$74 000 (about R980 000).
