Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-16
EGGS OF AMERICA
INVADE MARKETS
Of ENTIRE WORLD

NEW YORK, June 1s.-The cackle
of the American hen reYerberates
throughout the entire world and
with constantly increasing intensity.
The total number of eggs sent out
of continental United States lin the
fiscal year which ends with June,
1928, will approximate a half billion
with a value of approximately $l2,-
600, 900, and will show larger total
than in any preceding year with the
possible exception Of one of the war
years, when demands from Europe
were exceptionally heavy and espe-
cially for the class of foods conVen-
lent for use in camps and on the
battlefields. The present high record
of exports, however, is in response
to normal calls from all parts Of
the world.
Figures compiled for the Trade
Record of the National City bank OF
New York indicate that the growth
in the expectation of this factor of
our food supply has been eXcep-
| tionally rapid in recent years. In
the year preceding the war, the total
exports of eggs were 17,500,000 dozen
with a value of $3,3OS,00O, While
| that of the fiscal year 1928 will be
| OJsOOO.OOu dOHC1l1 et4LNt
| if we include those sent to our own
colonies but not included as Eek
ports" the number will exceed 49,
100000 dozen, or 4SO,O0O,OO0 eggs
passing out of continental United
States in the natural form. Add to
this 100000 worth going undeG the
classification eggs and yokes frozen,
dried or canned and it is quite APP
fntoI CT Y.ih11 r or
from our ports in the year which
ends with June, 1928, will be fully
half billion in number with a
value of fully $12,000,000.
Valuable Exports
The value of the eggs sent out of
the United States in the last decade,
adds the Trade Record, is nearly
500, 100000 as against about $780,
100000 in the decade preceding the
war.
Where do they go? To every
continent and all of the islands and
colonies of the world. While the
figures Of distribution by countries
are not yet available for the cur
rent fiscal year, those for 1919, the
former high record year, show eggs
sent in the natural form to 26
countries, while those in the dried
| frozen or canned" state went in
| 1920 to no LESS than As countries,
colonies and islands, representing
| all of the grand divisions of the
world. England, which has for
many years been a large importer
| Of this class of foodstuff, is the
| largest Of the European purchasers
and the number sent to that coun-
try in the nine months, ending with
March, 1928, is 4,6970OO dozen
valued at S1,528,000, or an average
export price to Great Britain OF
1925 per dozen, while the average
export price Of those going to the
entire world in the same perioj
was 27.6c per dozen.
Canada, Cuba and Mexico are
even larger importers of eggs from
the United States than is Great
Britain, the total number sent from
the United States to Mexico in the
nine months ending with March
1923. having been 5,832,0O dozen
to Canada, 1872 900, and to Cuba
8,487,000. as against 4,697, 900 dozer
sent to the United Kingdom. in the
same period.
1t is in the class being exported
in the dried. frozen and canned
state that the widest distribution
and the most rapid growth occurs
They went in 1920 to 16 European
countries, all the colonies and is
lands of the Caribbean area, nine
South American countries, a dozer
countries, colonies and islands ir
Asia and Oceania, and a limited
number in Africa.
Growth Rapid
This new development in the ex
port of what was a few years age
considered a negligible factor" in
our export trade illustrates, says
the Trade Record, the constant in
crease in the variety and value OF
food materials which the United
markets and the aid which these
minor industries Of the country are
rendering in supplying the where
withaI' required for the purchase
of the tropical foods and manufac
turing materials which we must al
ways bring from other parts of the
world.
The art of distributing eggs In
condition in which they can make
long voyages in all climates devel
oped rapidly during the war and es
pecially among the Orientals. The
value Of eggs officially described as
dried, frozen, etc." entering the
United States advanced from 1000
in the year preceding the war to
over $8,000,000 in 1919, but dropping
to about $3,OOO,OOO in 1921 and was
almost exclusively of Oriental pro
duction, a very large proportion
coming from China with limited
| n1Iantities from Lanan HongkOng.