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鸡蛋价格持续走高,美国人要从墨西哥走私鸡蛋

鸡蛋价格持续走高,美国人要从墨西哥走私鸡蛋

TRISTAN BOVE 2023-02-01
美国消费者开始在遥远的地方为国内高价鸡蛋寻找替代品。

图片来源:D3SIGN—GETTY IMAGES

81%的美国人一直密切关注当地商店的鸡蛋价格,这是有原因的:尽管美国通胀整体似乎正在放缓,但鸡蛋却越来越贵,一些人开始换到更便宜的超市买鸡蛋。在某些情况下,他们甚至去另一个国家买鸡蛋。

去年12月,美国一盒鸡蛋的平均价格为4.25美元,较上年同期上涨了137%。12月份鸡蛋价格环比上涨11.1%。当价格涨到这种程度时,消费者往往会寻找替代品。因此,最近几个月在美墨边境截获的鸡蛋数量激增也就不足为奇。

“我们发现越来越多的人试图从华雷斯偷运鸡蛋到埃尔帕索,因为鸡蛋在墨西哥比美国便宜多了,”海关边境保护局的公共事务官员罗杰·迈尔接受《财富》杂志采访时表示。他还说,美国西南部其他入境点也出现了类似的禽蛋类未申报入境行为。

过去几个月,美国在通胀方面终于传来了一些好消息。运输成本下降,包括牛肉在内的一些食品价格下降,假日购物季商家提供了打折和优惠。但在此期间,鸡蛋价格一直居高不下,而由于国内供应短缺,美国许多地方的消费者甚至在货架上都找不到鸡蛋的身影。

越来越多的消费者把解决问题的答案放在了边境另一边。

越来越多的鸡蛋遭遇战

美国海关边境保护局的数据显示,11月1日至1月17日期间,边境共查获2002起涉及鸡蛋的案件,比去年同期增加了336%。

出于卫生健康原因,美国海关边境保护局禁止未经申报的家禽产品(包括鸡蛋)入境,并于星期五发表声明,敦促旅客不要携带生鸡蛋和家禽产品越境。美国海关边境保护局圣地亚哥现场业务主管詹妮弗·德拉奥上周在推特上写道,未经申报走私违禁鸡蛋和家禽产品入境的人员将被处以高达1万美元的罚款。

美国海关边境保护局的规定表明,如此高额的罚款通常意味着违禁物品带入美国系用于转售。 美国海关边境保护局对未经申报的用于非商业用途的违禁品进入美国最高处以1000美元罚款,但如果被官员们查证情况并非如此,罚款可能会“高得多”。

迈尔说,大部分鸡蛋都是在初步检查中被没收的,在初步检查期间,人们可以选择放弃这些物品并免收处罚。 他说,这些案例“不一定是走私”,但他补充说,过去一周,在“极少数案件”中,未申报的鸡蛋在后来的检查中被发现,携带者可能因此会被处以高额罚款。

从墨西哥买鸡蛋到美国转卖的利润相当可观。墨西哥政府数据显示,上周在墨西哥第二大城市瓜达拉哈拉,一公斤鸡蛋(比12个大鸡蛋稍微多一点)的价格在1.70至2.20美元之间。在美国,上个月一打大鸡蛋的平均价格比4美元还要高一点。据报道,在圣地亚哥与墨西哥接壤的圣伊西德罗区,商店老板上周接受英国广播公司(BBC)采访时表示,当地购物者对本地高价鸡蛋嗤之以鼻,转头去了墨西哥。

美国海关边境保护局限制未经申报的鸡蛋和其他家禽产品进入美国是为了防范疾病,特别是禽流感。过去一年美国禽流感爆发,横扫全国,可能是造成鸡蛋短缺和价格高昂的主要原因,而人们又因此选择跨过边境去墨西哥买鸡蛋。

禽流感的爆发直接导致了美国国内鸡蛋供应不足和价格上涨。

据美国农业部表示,禽流感已导致美国宰杀了4,400万只蛋鸡。该部上周表示,自2022年2月以来,美国国内鸡蛋供应每月下降7.5%。该部在星期五的一份报告中称,价格压力从去年12月的高点有所缓解,但由于供应持续受限,价格仍处于“无法令人满意的水平”。(财富中文网)

译者:Agatha

81%的美国人一直密切关注当地商店的鸡蛋价格,这是有原因的:尽管美国通胀整体似乎正在放缓,但鸡蛋却越来越贵,一些人开始换到更便宜的超市买鸡蛋。在某些情况下,他们甚至去另一个国家买鸡蛋。

去年12月,美国一盒鸡蛋的平均价格为4.25美元,较上年同期上涨了137%。12月份鸡蛋价格环比上涨11.1%。当价格涨到这种程度时,消费者往往会寻找替代品。因此,最近几个月在美墨边境截获的鸡蛋数量激增也就不足为奇。

“我们发现越来越多的人试图从华雷斯偷运鸡蛋到埃尔帕索,因为鸡蛋在墨西哥比美国便宜多了,”海关边境保护局的公共事务官员罗杰·迈尔接受《财富》杂志采访时表示。他还说,美国西南部其他入境点也出现了类似的禽蛋类未申报入境行为。

过去几个月,美国在通胀方面终于传来了一些好消息。运输成本下降,包括牛肉在内的一些食品价格下降,假日购物季商家提供了打折和优惠。但在此期间,鸡蛋价格一直居高不下,而由于国内供应短缺,美国许多地方的消费者甚至在货架上都找不到鸡蛋的身影。

越来越多的消费者把解决问题的答案放在了边境另一边。

越来越多的鸡蛋遭遇战

美国海关边境保护局的数据显示,11月1日至1月17日期间,边境共查获2002起涉及鸡蛋的案件,比去年同期增加了336%。

出于卫生健康原因,美国海关边境保护局禁止未经申报的家禽产品(包括鸡蛋)入境,并于星期五发表声明,敦促旅客不要携带生鸡蛋和家禽产品越境。美国海关边境保护局圣地亚哥现场业务主管詹妮弗·德拉奥上周在推特上写道,未经申报走私违禁鸡蛋和家禽产品入境的人员将被处以高达1万美元的罚款。

美国海关边境保护局的规定表明,如此高额的罚款通常意味着违禁物品带入美国系用于转售。 美国海关边境保护局对未经申报的用于非商业用途的违禁品进入美国最高处以1000美元罚款,但如果被官员们查证情况并非如此,罚款可能会“高得多”。

迈尔说,大部分鸡蛋都是在初步检查中被没收的,在初步检查期间,人们可以选择放弃这些物品并免收处罚。 他说,这些案例“不一定是走私”,但他补充说,过去一周,在“极少数案件”中,未申报的鸡蛋在后来的检查中被发现,携带者可能因此会被处以高额罚款。

从墨西哥买鸡蛋到美国转卖的利润相当可观。墨西哥政府数据显示,上周在墨西哥第二大城市瓜达拉哈拉,一公斤鸡蛋(比12个大鸡蛋稍微多一点)的价格在1.70至2.20美元之间。在美国,上个月一打大鸡蛋的平均价格比4美元还要高一点。据报道,在圣地亚哥与墨西哥接壤的圣伊西德罗区,商店老板上周接受英国广播公司(BBC)采访时表示,当地购物者对本地高价鸡蛋嗤之以鼻,转头去了墨西哥。

美国海关边境保护局限制未经申报的鸡蛋和其他家禽产品进入美国是为了防范疾病,特别是禽流感。过去一年美国禽流感爆发,横扫全国,可能是造成鸡蛋短缺和价格高昂的主要原因,而人们又因此选择跨过边境去墨西哥买鸡蛋。

禽流感的爆发直接导致了美国国内鸡蛋供应不足和价格上涨。

据美国农业部表示,禽流感已导致美国宰杀了4,400万只蛋鸡。该部上周表示,自2022年2月以来,美国国内鸡蛋供应每月下降7.5%。该部在星期五的一份报告中称,价格压力从去年12月的高点有所缓解,但由于供应持续受限,价格仍处于“无法令人满意的水平”。(财富中文网)

译者:Agatha

There’s a reason 81% of Americans have been paying attention to the price of eggs at their local grocery store: Even as U.S. inflation overall appears to be slowing down, eggs just keep getting more and more expensive, and some people are shopping at cheaper supermarkets. In some cases, they’re even heading over to another country.

A carton of a dozen eggs in the U.S. cost on average $4.25 in December, a 137% increase over the year prior. And the price of eggs increased 11.1% in December compared with the month before. When prices rise like that, shoppers tend to look for alternatives. So it’s no surprise that the number of eggs intercepted at the U.S.-Mexico border has soared in recent months.

“We are seeing an increase in people attempting to cross eggs from Juárez to El Paso because they are significantly less expensive in Mexico than the U.S.,” Roger Maier, a public affairs official with the Customs and Border Protection office, told Fortune, adding that other points of entry in the Southwest are seeing similar increases in undeclared poultry-related crossings.

Over the past few months, the U.S. has finally had some good news on inflation. Shipping costs have declined, prices for some food products including beef are falling, and stores offered discounts and deals during the holiday season. But through it all, egg prices have remained stubbornly high while a domestic supply shortage means that shoppers in many parts of the country can’t even find them on their grocery store shelves.

For an increasing number of shoppers, the solution lies right across the border.

Egg encounters on the rise

There were 2,002 border seizures involving eggs between Nov. 1 and Jan. 17, according to CBP data, a 336% increase over the same period a year prior.

For health reasons, the CBP prohibits undeclared arrivals of poultry products including eggs, and released a statement Friday urging travelers not to carry raw eggs and poultry products across the border. Smugglers who fail to declare the prohibited eggs and poultry items are liable to a $10,000 fine, Jennifer De La O, director of field operations for the CBP in San Diego, wrote in a tweet last week.

Such a large fine usually means the prohibited items are being brought into the U.S. to be resold, according to CBP regulations. The CBP levies fines of up to $1,000 if undeclared prohibited items enter the U.S. for noncommercial use, but if officials are able to confirm otherwise, fines can be imposed at a “much higher rate.”

Maier said most of the intercepted eggs have been confiscated during primary inspections, during which people can abandon the items without penalty. These instances are “not necessarily smuggling,” he said, but he added that in the past week there have been a “very small number of cases” where eggs went undeclared but were then discovered, leaving perpetrators liable to a large fine.

Resale margins in the U.S. for eggs bought in Mexico are significant. A kilogram—slightly more than a dozen large eggs—cost between $1.70 and $2.20 last week in Guadalajara, Mexico’s second-largest city, according to Mexico’s government data. In the U.S., a dozen large eggs on average cost slightly more than $4 last month. Shoppers in San Ysidro, a district of San Diego bordering Mexico, have reportedly turned their noses up at high egg prices and went to buy eggs in Mexico instead, store owners told the BBC last week.

The CBP restricts undeclared arrivals of eggs and other poultry products to the U.S. as a guardrail against diseases, specifically avian influenza or bird flu, an outbreak of which has been sweeping the U.S. for the past year and may be primarily responsible for the egg shortage and high prices driving people to hop over to Mexico to do their shopping in the first place.

The flu outbreak is directly responsible for the domestic short supply of eggs in the U.S. and the high prices.

The disease has led to the culling of 44 million egg-laying hens in the U.S., according to the Department of Agriculture, which said last week the domestic egg supply has been falling by 7.5% each month since February. The USDA said in a report Friday that price pressures are easing somewhat from a December high, but because of ongoing supply constraints, costs remain at “unappetizing levels.”

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