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Middle Eastern consumers are showing a fast-growing appetite for eggs. According to thelatest data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), US egg imports to the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region grew 73 percent in USD value in 2017 over the imports in 2016.
This represents a volume growth of 88 percent for US table eggs and 83% for US egg products.
Both consumer and industrial egg consumption has increased as demand has grown in the region.
A growing population, rising incomes and evolving dietary patterns are sparking demand, supplemented by a thriving tourism sector. Within the MENA region, the fastest growing importers of US
eggs were Bahrain, which grew 1713 percent in value in 2017 over 2016, Jordan (559 percent), Oman (168 percent), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (107 percent), and UAE (65 percent).