1. in Eastern Europe and Middle Asia
Patterns and Dynamics
of the Egg Industry
in Eastern Europe and Middle Asia
Paper presented at the IEC Business Conference
Warsaw, April 5th, 2016
Session: Egg Processing
Prof. Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Windhorst
IEC Statistical Analyst

2. Agenda
The political and economic transformation process
The role of the Eastern European and Middle Asian
egg industry in the global egg industry
The dynamics of the laying hen inventories and the
egg industry in Eastern Europe and Middle Asia
The current status of housing systems for laying hens
in Eastern Europe and Middle Asia
Patterns of egg trade

4. The role of Eastern and Middle Asian countries 1.
The role of Eastern and Middle Asian countries
in the global egg industry

5. The development of the laying hen inventory in
Eastern Europe and Middle Asia between 1993 and 2013;
data in 1,000 hens
Region
1993
2003
2013
Increase (%)
Eastern
Europe
389,685
378,029
519,917
36.5
Middle Asia
46,375
37,667
71,442
54.1
Total
427,116
415,696
591,359
38.4
FAO

6. The development of egg production in Eastern Europe
and Middle Asia between 1993 and 2013;
data in 1,000 t
Region
1993
2003
2013
Increase (%)
Eastern
Europe
4,336
4,330
5,033
16.1
Middle Asia
388
360
700
80.0
Total
4,724
4,690
5,733
21.4
FAO

7. The changing contribution of Eastern European and
Middle Asia countries to global egg production
Between 1993 and 2013; data in %
Region
1993
2003
2013
Eastern
Europe
10.0
8.0
7.4
Middle
Asia
1.0
0.7
Total
11.0
8.7
8.4

8. The development of the laying hen inventory and of egg production 2.
The development of the laying hen inventory
and of egg production
in Eastern Europe and Middle Asia

9. The development of the laying hen inventory in selected
Eastern European countries between 1993 and 2013
FAO

10. The changing contribution of selected Eastern European
countries to the laying hen inventory between 1993 and 2013
FAO

11. The development of the laying hen inventory in selected
Middle Asian countries between 1993 and 2013
FAO

12. The changing contribution of Middle Asian countries
to the laying hen inventory between 1993 and 2013
FAO

13. FAO

14. The development of egg production in selected Eastern
European countries between 1993 and 2013
FAO

15. The changing contribution of Eastern European
countries to egg production between 1993 and 2013
FAO

16. The development of egg production in Middle Asian
countries between 1993 and 2013
FAO

17. The changing contribution of Middle Asian
countries to egg production between 1993 and 2013
FAO

19. The current status of housing systems for laying hens 3.
The current status of housing systems
for laying hens
in Eastern Europe and Middle Asia

20. Eastern Europe Middle Asia
Share of housing systems for laying hens in Eastern
Europe and Middle Asia in 2013
Eastern Europe
Conventional
Cages
Enriched
Barn
Free Range
Total
Laying hens
(1,000)
386,338
56,967
10,240
1,264
454,809
Share (%)
84.9
12.5
2,3
0.3
100.0
Middle Asia
71,442 -
87.0
10.8
1.9
0.2

22. 4.
Patterns of egg trade

23. Self-sufficiency rate Per capita consumption
Self-sufficiency rate and per capita consumption of eggs in selected
Eastern European countries (2013/2014)
Country
Year
Self-sufficiency rate
(%)
Per capita consumption
(Eggs/year)
Belarus
2013
128
304
Poland
2014
122
168
Ukraine
110
309
Latvia
108
212
Russian Fed. 98
269
Moldova
165
Czech Rep. 85
245
Hungary 81
214
MEG 2015; Agricistrade, IEC Annual Review 2015

24. Egg exports and imports of selected Eastern European countries (2014),
data in t
Country
Export
Import
Balance
Poland
230,000
16,000
+ 214,000
Lithuania
12,077
6,476
+ 5,601
Latvia
13,781
8,845
+ 4,936
Bulgaria
8,114
3,716
+ 4,398
Slovakia
10,088
7,351
+ 2,737
Hungary
1,600
4,923
- 3,323
Czech Republic
5,633
17,720
- 12,097
Russian Fed.
7,600
55,000
- 47,400
Eastern Europe
297,229
132,995
+ 164,234
MEG 2015; IEC Annual Review 2015

25. Self-sufficiency rate Per capita consumption
Self-sufficiency rate and per capita consumption of eggs in selected
Middle Asian countries (2013)
Country
Year
Self-sufficiency rate
(%)
Per capita consumption
(Eggs/year)
Azerbaijan
2013 97
141
Armenia 96
189
Georgia 95
107
Kazakhstan 92
211
Agricistrade,

26. Egg exports and imports of Middle Asian countries (2012), data in t
Country
Export
Import
Balance
Kazakhstan
168
4,087
- 3,919
Azerbaijan
292
3,176
- 2,884
Turkmenistan -
2,023
- 2,023
Kyrgyzstan 10
2,007
- 1,997
Tajikistan
1,695
- 1,695
Uzbekistan
335
Georgia
210
226 16
Armenia 2 27 15
Middle Asia
682
13,576
- 12,894
FAO

27. 5.
Results

28. Eastern European and Middle Asian countries recovered
comparatively fast from the political and economic transformation
after 1990.
Laying hen inventory and egg production in Eastern European
countries grew faster than in Europe as a whole; egg production
in Middle Asia grew even faster than in Eastern Europe but slower
than in Asia.
In Eastern European countries which do not belong to the EU
and in Middle Asian countries conventional cages are still the
dominating housing system. In EU member countries, enriched
cages and barn systems are the dominating housing systems.
Eastern European countries showed a trade surplus with eggs in
2014 while all Middle Asian countries could not meet the domestic
demand and had a negative balance of trade.

29. I want to thank Mrs. Ursula Welting (Dipl. Geogr
I want to thank Mrs. Ursula Welting (Dipl. Geogr.), research associate at the WING for designing and preparing the graphs and maps of this report.

30. Thank you for your attention! (hwindhorst@wing.uni-vechta.de)