The total chicken egg production from April to June 2021 was estimated at 167.93 thousand metric tons. This was higher by 13.1 percent compared with the previous year’s same quarter output of 148.45 thousand metric tons.

Among the regions, CALABARZON was the top producer of chicken egg during the quarter with a production of 56.11 thousand metric tons. This was followed by Central Luzon with 33.73 thousand metric tons and Central Visayas with 16.49 thousand metric tons. These three (3) regions accounted for 63.3 percent of the country’s total chicken egg production.

Compared with their levels in the same quarter of 2020, 13 regions documented increments in production during the quarter. MIMAROPA Region recorded the highest annual growth of 33.6 percent, from 1.73 thousand metric tons in the second quarter of 2020 to 2.31 thousand metric tons this quarter of 2021. (Figure 1)

Chicken laying flock inventory as of 01 July 2021 was estimated at 60.64 million birds. This indicates an increase of 6.4 percent from its level of 57.00 million birds in the same period of 2020. Population of native/improved chicken and layer chicken posted increments of 1.3 percent and 9.8 percent, respectively. Of the total laying flock, 38.0 percent were native/improved chicken and 62.0 percent accounted for layer chicken. (Figure 2)

Among the regions, CALABARZON had the highest population of chicken laying flock with 13.83 million birds, followed by Central Luzon with 10.78 million birds and Northern Mindanao with 5.88 million birds. The combined population of these three regions accounted for 50.3 percent of the country’s total chicken laying flock.

The average farmgate price of chicken egg in commercial farms during the quarter was quoted at PhP 5.50 per piece. This was -1.8 percent lower than the average farmgate price of PhP 5.60 per piece in the same period of 2020.

During the reference quarter, the highest farmgate price of chicken egg was observed in April at PhP 5.61 per piece, while the lowest was in June at PhP 5.42 per piece. (Figure 4)

DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph.D.
Undersecretary
National Statistician and Civil Registrar General

This Chicken Egg Situation Report presents the chicken egg industry in terms of volume of production, inventory of laying flock, and average farmgate price. The report is prepared to serve as a ready reference for PSA’s various clients and stakeholders in the agriculture sector. It is released quarterly; that is, every February, May, August, and November.

Concepts and Definitions

Volume of production refers to the volume of chicken egg disposed from locally-raised chicken including those table eggs which were shipped out to other regions/provinces.

Inventory refers to the actual number of chicken laying flock and native/improved adult female present in the farm as of a specific reference date.

Farmgate price refers to the price received by raisers for their produce at the location of farm. Thus, the marketing costs, such as the transport and other marketing costs (if any) incurred in selling the produce, are not included in the farmgate prices. The 2019 to 2021 farmgate prices included in this special release were based on the revised method of computation by the Price Statistics Division (PSD).