Overview
- CAPIA’s 2025 report shows total output up 8.82% to 18.97 billion eggs, averaging about 533 eggs per second.
- The laying flock expanded 8.68% to 62.7 million hens, underpinning the production increase.
- Per-capita consumption reached 398 eggs in 2025, the highest reported globally and 35 more than in 2024.
- Trade remained marginal to the sector’s scale, with 323 million eggs exported and 133 million imported, leaving most supply for the domestic market.
- Since May, the farm-gate price for a 30-egg carton fell by more than 60% to under ARS 3,500 from about ARS 5,600, while production costs rose roughly 40%, and CAPIA says many retailers have not passed lower producer prices to consumers.