According to the USDA-FAS report MX 2022-0045 released on September 6th, egg production in Mexico will expand by 3.0 percent in 2023, compared to the previous calendar year.  Net imports corresponded to 1.8 percent of production of 3.243 million metric tons, corresponding to an annual production of 4.504 billion dozen.  Assuming a population of 132 million, annual consumption was 415 eggs per capita, up 3.2 percent from 2022.

The top producing states for eggs are Jalisco (55 percent); Puebla (13 percent); Sonora (8 percent) and La Laguna and Yucatan (5 percent each).  The market comprises 98 percent white shelled eggs with 99 percent of hens housed in cages. 

During July, white eggs at retail were $1.40 per dozen, up from $1.00 per dozen in July 2021.  Approximately 77 percent of eggs in Mexico are sold in traditional markets and the remainder, as packaged product, in supermarkets and groceries.  Eight percent of production is processed.  Based on the projected egg production and assuming an average 78 percent hen-day value, the egg producing flock in Mexico is between 190 and 200 million hens in production.

Mexico was the third ranked U.S. importer of shell eggs during the first seven months of 2022, receiving 3.8 million dozen representing 9.4 percent of U.S. export volume and 6.8 percent value, corresponding to a unit price of $1.16 per dozen.  This was 37 percent below the USDA nest-run benchmark average of $1.86 per dozen for the seven months.  Compared to the first seven months of 2021, exports to Mexico in 2022 were down 89 percent in volume and 84 percent in value.  During 2021, Mexico was second-ranked in shell egg exports from the U.S., receiving 52.2 million dozen valued at $41.9 million.

Mexico was fourth-ranked as an importer of egg products during the first seven months of 2022, receiving 1,185 metric tons from the U.S., representing 8.1 percent of volume and 6.9 percent of value with a unit price of $4,219 per metric ton.  Volume and value over the seven months of 2022 were down, respectively, 68.6 percent and 37.5 percent compared to the corresponding period in 2021.  During entire 2021, Mexico imported 9,774 metric tons of egg products valued at $18.9 million.