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’ ".
The poultry sector in Nicaragua has denounced the importation of products from Honduras, which are causing losses for producers.
The president of the Nicaraguan Association of Small and Medium Poultry Producers , (APEMEP), Alfonso Valerio Muñiz told the press that
this week's seizing of 10,000 boxes of eggs is not the first, as in May the National Police seized 15,000 boxes.