The Japan Poultry Association said on the 28th that, regarding supply and demand for eggs, which have remained at high price levels, it expects production in the second half of 2026 through the first half of 2027 to exceed the same period a year earlier. As a result, supply and demand will ease, and wholesale prices are expected to fall below the same period last year, when they approached record highs. The association estimated that, after the number of birds raised declined due to culling following outbreaks of avian influenza since last October, the reintroduction of chicks has progressed, and production in the first half of 2027 will exceed the same period a year earlier by 3.7 percent.
Production recovery and reintroduction of chicks after avian-influenza culling will ease supply-demand and push egg wholesale prices below last year's levels.
