# USAPEEC

> South Korea's highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks since November culled about 18 million layer hens, roughly 25% of the national flock. No new detections have occurred since April, but the egg shortage is expected to last until early 2022.

- Date: 2021-07-19 · published 2021-07-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46081-usapeec
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Tight Korean egg supply and a temporary tariff-rate quota opening the market to US shell and processed eggs support demand for US egg exports. The effect on feed grains is indirect, so price impact is modest.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- usapeec.org: https://www.usapeec.org/newsroom/news/hpaioutbreakdevastatedeggindustryinsouthkorea/

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