The sector reported that it will close 2012 with growth of 17%, despite a 50% increase in the price of inputs and the effects of the sale of eggs smuggled from Honduras.
As reported in elnuevodiario.com.ni, production of eggs per day reached 46.000 boxes, while per capita consumption is 92 eggs a year, when in 2008 was 63.
"Despite the good figures, industry representatives are concerned about the rising cost of raw materials, such as yellow corn, sorghum and soybeans, and reported that the number of boxes of eggs entering from Hondoras per week is around 20.000, they say that these are poor quality because they ‘are in the last days of their shelf life’ ".