Madrid/Cuba has become “a fundamental pillar for the growth and stability” of the poultry industry of the Dominican Republic, which currently exports the huge amount of 65 million eggs monthly to the island. The value could exceed 43 million dollars if the February price is taken as a reference, when the producers reported the sale of 30 million eggs for more than 20 million dollars.
The data was released This Thursday in the local press from the neighboring country, which echoed the appointment We protect our agricultureheld in a hotel in the Dominican city of Santiago, although it contrasts with the data published in Prodominicana, which places the FOB value at 18.8 million dollars (which does not include export costs such as insurance and freight) of eggs exported to Cuba until August 2025. It is the sum between 14 million purchases in fresh eggs of domestic birds and 4.7 million in fertilized birds to incubate. The figures represent an interannual growth of 242.4% and there are already 28 companies that sell to the island.
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The business, in any case, is patently growth. Therefore, at the meeting, the producers claimed the importance of maintaining the business on the island. “If that door closes, we would lose one of the pillars that supports the current stability of the industry,” said Fabio Baba, producer participating in the meeting.
Faba recalled that businesses began in 2023, when, after the diplomatic crisis with Haiti, exports to the island were chosen. According to its speech, the poultry industry is based on five pillars: “Increased production, national consumption, exports, price stability and technical support.”
The president of the Dominican Poulticulture Association (ADA) celebrated that the industry lives a historical moment, since the production of eggs between 2024 and 2025 has grown 15% and was around 390 million units per month at the end of last year.
The last time Dominican facilitated export data in Cuba was last March, when it was indicated that the previous month they were sent to the island 30 million units to more than 20 million dollars. “The Dominican government initiative to support the export of eggs to markets such as Cuba, in times of crisis, is a clear example of how resilience and collaboration between the different actors in the sector can generate positive results,” said Miguel Lajara, a member of ADA.
The acquisitions have only increased vertiginously, since it is now more than double than in February, but also last September data was released that announced this panorama. That It was the first balance Of sales value that was made, a year after the market was opened and revealed that between July and December 2023, the expenditure of Cuba in Dominican was 1.5 million dollars, while in the first 8 months of 2024 it reached 5.2 million dollars.
Although the units were not mentioned, the press pointed out that “Cuban demand has been so dynamic, that one of these companies sent almost one million eggs to Cuba in just a week.” Then there were 14 companies exporting, compared to the two approved in 2023.
Cuba went from producing 2,717 million eggs in 1991 to only 385 million in 2024
Last August, the official newspaper Workers He described the current moment as the worst in 60 years, noting that in just three decades, Cuba went from producing 2,717 million eggs in 1991 to only 385 million in 2024. That amount is less in a year than Dominican generates in a month.
The crisis of the poultry industry has endless causes ranging from the lack of feed to the age of chickens and their poor state of health, as well as the blackouts that end up causing death by thirst for animals. Thus, Colombia and Dominican have become main suppliers of a product that is scarce, but its acquisition in the markets is very expensive.
This week, according to the data that Collect 14ymedioin a mipyme of the capital the price of the cardboard of 30 units was 2,800 pesos, while in a state market – the 17 and K, also in Havana – the cost was not far behind, with 2,700 pesos. Both prices exceed the minimum wage of an average Cuban.
