The volume of chicken egg production in April to June 2023 was recorded at 181.74 thousand metric tons. This indicates an annual decline of -2.1 percent from its the previous year’s same quarter output of 185.58 thousand metric tons. (Figure 1)

CALABARZON remains as the top producer of chicken egg with 59.86 thousand metric tons or 32.9 percent share to the total chicken egg production during the quarter. Completing the top five regions with the highest volume of chicken egg production this quarter were the following:

a.    Central Luzon, 33.34 thousand metric tons; 
b.    Central Visayas, 19.97 thousand metric tons; 
c.    Northern Mindanao, 15.94 thousand metric tons; and 
d.    Western Visayas, 9.71 thousand metric tons.

These regions accounted for 76.4 percent of the country’s total chicken egg production during the quarter.

Relative to their outputs in the same quarter of 2022, eight regions posted declines in production during the quarter. In terms of level, Central Luzon posted the highest annual decrease of 4.88 thousand metric tons, from 38.22 thousand metric tons in the same period of the previous year to 33.34 thousand metric tons this quarter.

As of 30 June 2023, the country’s total chicken laying flock was estimated at 66.96 million birds. This represents a decline of -1.4 percent from the inventory level of 67.87 million birds in the same period of the previous year. The layer chicken inventory recorded a decrease of -2.7 percent, while native/improved chicken inventory grew by 1.4 percent. Of the total laying flock, layer chicken shared 66.1 percent, while the remaining 33.9 percent were native/improved chicken. (Figure 2)

CALABARZON recorded the highest laying flock population of 15.63 million birds during the period. This was followed by Central Luzon and Northern Mindanao with corresponding inventories of 11.11 million birds and 7.74 million birds. These three regions shared 51.5 percent to the country’s total chicken laying flock population as of 30 June 2023.

The average farmgate price of chicken egg for this quarter was quoted at PhP 6.98 per piece, which was 24.6 percent higher than the previous year’s same quarter average farmgate price of PhP 5.60 per piece. (Figure 4)

In the second quarter of 2023, the highest average farmgate price was recorded in April at PhP 6.99 per piece, while the lowest average farmgate price was observed in June at PhP 6.96 per piece.

DIVINA GRACIA L. DEL PRADO, PhD 
Assistant Secretary 
Deputy National Statistician 
Sectoral Statistics Office