# 2017 US Egg Exports Predicted Higher After South Korea's Bird Flu Outbreaks
						 | The Poultry Site

> USDA's Economic Research Service raised its 2017 US egg export forecast by 30 million dozen. The increase reflects avian flu culls in South Korea, which have removed about a third of its layer stock. Korea set up a tariff-rate quota and a protocol to allow US shell egg shipments.

- Date: 2017-02-07 · published 2017-02-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72520-2017-us-egg-exports-predicted-higher-after-south-korea-s-bird-flu-outbreaks-the
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger export demand for US eggs supports domestic egg prices and draws supply from the US layer flock. The effect on feed grain prices is modest.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2017/02/2017-us-egg-exports-predicted-higher-after-south-koreas-bird-flu-outbreaks

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