CHICAGO — Coming off a strong 2017, the American Egg Board and USA Poultry & Egg Export Council finalized plans to take U.S. egg and U.S. egg product exports to even greater heights in 2018.
Egg exports up 23 percent in 2017
According to the latest trade data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, egg export value increased 22.7 percent (table eggs plus egg products in shell egg equivalent) to $248.9 million. During 2017 egg export volume rose 27.3 percent to 263.2 million dozen.
Table egg exports increased 1.7 percent year. . .