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Morocco - Decreased egg production due to H9N2 bird flu prompted government to import 3 million eggs - July 6, 2016

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  • Morocco - Decreased egg production due to H9N2 bird flu prompted government to import 3 million eggs - July 6, 2016

    Morocco imported during the month of Ramadan three million eggs from France and Spain

    • 06/07/2016 12:23
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    Despite Morocco's announcement to import 4,000 tons of eggs during the month of Ramadan, in order to cope with the lack of local egg production caused by the H9N2 bird flu virus, but the egg producers were able to cover the lack of production without import quantity mentioned.
    According to Yousef Alawi, head of the federal Albamhenneh poultry sector, the entire month of Ramadan is not only to import three million eggs from Spain and France.
    Upper and said in a conversation with the "Day 24", the import process has in two installments, the first in the first week of Ramadan, from Spain, two million eggs, while the second batch was imported from France in the second week of the holy month, one million eggs.
    Upper confirmed, that the importation of eggs from France and Spain, the process experienced some difficulties, because the two countries Iqbal egg consumption in the summer, as a result of the recovery of the tourism activity in both countries.
    And saw the price of eggs throughout the month of Ramadan at the height of the market, where the price per egg up to AED 50 centimes, knowing that he is being imported Dirhams one, and in the wholesale market Dirhams and 20 centimes.
    He attributed the president of the Federal Albamhenneh poultry sector reason for the high price of eggs to the brokers, who take advantage of the month of Ramadan is suitable for an increase in their profits.
    It is said that the Moroccan poultry infected with bird flu little ferocity "H9N2", the beginning of the current year, resulted in reducing the proportion of egg production by about 20 per cent, what was the motivation to import it from Europe.
    The Moroccans consume about 600 million eggs, during the month of Ramadan, compared to four billion eggs throughout the year.




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