Ovostar Union enhanced eggs processing in Q1 2019

Ovostar Union increased the volume of eggs processed in Q1 2019 by 3 per cent YoY and reached 142 mln (Q1 2018: 139 mln).

The company produced 735 tons of dry egg products and 3 557 tons of liquid egg products (Q1 2018: 772 tons and 3 395 tons, respectively).

According to the report, the volume of dry egg products sold amounted to 532 tons (2018: 594 tons), out of which 373 tons, or 70 per cent, were exported (2018: 379 tons, 64 per cent).

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The volume of liquid egg products sold was 3 498 tons (2018: 3 146 tons), out of which export sales equalled 1 636 tons or 47 per cent (2018: 1 472 tons, 47 per cent).

"The average price of dry egg products decreased YoY by 8 per cent to 4.63 USD/kg (2018: 5.04 USD/kg); the average price of liquid egg products fell by 2 per cent to 1.46 USD/kg (2018: 1.48 USD/kg)," the report says.

As previously reported, in the first quarter of 2019 Ovostar Union export sales of shell eggs grew by 35 per cent YoY and reached 186 mln (Q1 2018: 138 mln), 56 per cent of the total number of eggs sold in Q1 2019 (Q1 2018: 40%).