# US Scrambles to Clear Egg Exports to Bird Flu-hit South Korea

> US officials are urgently seeking an agreement that would let American table eggs be exported to South Korea, which banned them last year. South Korea has culled about 26 million birds, and a deal could come as early as the following week.

- Date: 2016-12-31 · published 2016-12-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region South Korea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73478-us-scrambles-to-clear-egg-exports-to-bird-flu-hit-south-korea
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Access to South Korea would give US egg producers an outlet for surplus product and could support domestic egg prices that are currently depressed by oversupply.

## Sources

- voanews.com: https://www.voanews.com/a/egg-shortage-south-korea-bird-flu-american-suppliers/3657936.html

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