Russia to exempt eggs from import duties as prices climb, stocks dwindle

Reuters ^ | 12/13/2023 | Reuters

[marcusmaximus]

Soviet good times are back in time for Christmas!

[marcusmaximus]

No eggs for Russians for Orthodox Christmas and New Year. Classic! Just like old times!

[SamAdams76]

I haven't bought supermarket eggs in years as the local farms around here are so abundant. Even regular non-farm homes who have chicken coops in the back are putting eggs for sale at the end of their drive-ways under the honor system because they can't consume them all.

I wonder why Russia can't do the same? It's fairly easy to raise hens and collect eggs each morning for private use.

[Sacajaweau]

We've had our egg shortages, too....much worse than this.

Pssst...Russians are people, too.

[Sacajaweau]

Eggs in California last year were as high as $7.50 a dozen...and Biden said....too bad.

[Sacajaweau]

You’re just making that up. Most farms had chickens...

[logi_cal869]

I was referring to you...

[mac_truck]

Plenty of eggs for everyone here in the USA.

100% chance your not in the United States.

[bert]

When the chickens are eaten, there are no eggs.

The same is true of starving societies that eat their seed corn

[marcusmaximus]

$1.78 a dozen at Walmart. As many as I want to buy. Sucks to be a Russian.

[bgill]

eggs at a market where 10 eggs were available for 65 roubles ($0.72) as opposed to the supermarket price of more than 150 roubles ($1.67)

Walmart eggs are 0.19 each. Compare Russia's market price of 0.07 each and supermarket by the dozen price of 0.14. That's cheaper than the US.

[bgill]

Reading the price further into the article shows Russia’s prices are cheaper than Walmart eggs.

Have they not learned to cook without eggs, cut back on the number of eggs in recipes or substituted other ingredients? If not, then they aren’t that worried over it.

Substitute bananas, yogurt (easy to make at home), applesauce, liquid off cooked beans, thicken a sauce or pudding with flour or cornstarch, etc. Want some Christmas meringue candy and don’t have eggs? Use aquafaba, aka cooked bean liquid.

[marcusmaximus]

What’s the average monthly salary and average monthly pension in Russia?

[FtrPilot]

The question I have is...Who exports 1.2 billion eggs?

[Truthsearcher]

The average Russia makes 40000 rubles a year.
At these prices (150 ruble per dozen) the cost of having one egg per day for the year would be 11.4% of his annual income.

At .19 per egg, the cost of 365 eggs is $69.35 in the US, against a US per capita income of $65,423, that is .1% of his income.

So eggs are, relative to income, 100 times more expensive in Russia right now.

[Vermont Lt]

Are you sure its 40,000? That is about $440. Even for Russia that seems very low.

[Kazan]

Marcus continues to obsess over the egg shortage in Moscow while ignoring our shortage of military recruits and personnel due to the woke policies that have polluted our military.

You, you miserable SOB, are going to be MADE to care about the problems Americans are facing.

[Vermont Lt]

Are you sure its 40,000? That is about $440. Even for Russia that seems very low.

Edit: That is the monthly salary. Still scary low for a civilized nation.

[Vermont Lt]

I laugh at you Russians when something innocuous as the price of eggs points out the economic failure of a nuclear power!

The average Russian household makes around $440 a month. Its no wonder they are always trying to cheat and steal others wealth.

But Putin and his buddies are doing OK. I think they spend a bit more than $440 a month. LOL.

[Truthsearcher]

Yes, I made a mistake and used the monthly number.

That would make eggs about 10 times more expensive for them than for Americans