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The year 2025 is not yet over, but the national egg sector is already confident enough to indicate that this has been a positive year! Export volumes are reaching record levels, while Brazilian egg production continues to grow and is at historical highs, reinforcing Brazil's role in meeting growing domestic and international demand.
In the first half of the year, Brazilian egg exports totaled 24,900 tons of fresh and processed eggs, almost tripling the volume exported from January to June 2024 and the best performance for the period, considering the entire historical series of the Secretariat of Foreign Trade (Secex), which began in 1997.
Article written by Claudia Scarpelin, egg researcher at Cepea.
The boost came primarily from increased shipments to the United States, which, in turn, intensified its external purchases of eggs (especially from Brazil) due to an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the United States, compromising domestic supply.
Besides the United States, several countries have also reported cases of IAAP, either in backyard poultry or commercial farms. In Brazil, the first and only case reported on a commercial farm so far occurred on May 15th, in the municipality of Montenegro (RS). Even with the restrictions imposed by many countries on Brazilian exports after the outbreak, egg shipments reached the highest monthly volume in the Secex series in May, totaling 5,360 tons – of this total, 77.8% were destined for the United States, highlighting the growing demand.
After having successfully met all international protocols, in June Brazil was once again certified as free of the disease by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WHO).
In the domestic market, egg production for consumption totaled 2.03 billion dozen in the first half of 2025, a volume 9.21 times higher than that recorded in the same period of 2024, according to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). In May, specifically, production reached a record 349.5 million dozen, exceeding that of the same month last year by 71 times. This scenario highlights the resilience of the sector, which continued to expand its production amidst the health risk.
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Unlike other proteins, most of the national egg production is destined for the domestic market, with the exported portion limited to 1% on average. In June, however, Cepea estimates indicate that this share jumped to 3%, as shipments hit a second consecutive record (6,560 tons).
The upward trend in exports observed throughout the first six months of the year was interrupted in July. The decline in shipments reflected the drop of 31% in shipments to the US in the month in which the US government announced the imposition of the 50% tariff on Brazilian exports, in effect since August 6th. As a result, in August, the US lost its leading position among the main destinations for Brazilian protein to Japan, a position it had held since March of this year. In September, shipments fell for the third consecutive month to the lowest volume of the year.
Even with the decline in exports in the third quarter, the year-to-date performance remains positive. From January to September, Brazil shipped approximately 34,400 tons of eggs. in nature and processed, the quantity is 1,74% above that of the same period last year (12,540 tons) and 86% higher than that sent in the whole year of 2024 (18,470 tons).
Domestic prices
In this scenario, despite increasing exports, high domestic availability, a reflection of record production, has put pressure on protein prices in the Brazilian market. After reaching historical highs between February and March, prices have been falling since April – with the exception of August – in all regions monitored by Cepea.
