Rise In Eggs Confiscations at U.S.-Mexico Border due to Price Differences

As egg prices in the U.S. have been increasing over the past year, it has been reported that more Americans are crossing the border into Mexico to purchase eggs at a lower cost, and attempting to smuggle them back along some areas of the southern border, such as California and Texas.

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According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Roger Maier, who spoke to CBS MoneyWatch, there has been an uptick in individuals attempting to bring eggs from Juarez to El Paso as they are significantly cheaper in Mexico than the U.S.

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He also mentioned that this has been happening more frequently at other Southwest border locations as well.

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Jennifer De La O, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection field operations director in San Diego, reported this week in a tweet that her office has been seeing an uptick in the number of eggs being intercepted at the ports.

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Failure to declare agricultural items while entering the U.S. can result in fines of up to $10,000, she added.

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According to federal law, travelers are prohibited from bringing certain agricultural products, including eggs, live chickens, and turkeys into the U.S. due to potential plant pests and foreign animal diseases.

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It is also mentioned that eggs from Mexico have been banned from entering the U.S. since 2012, according to the USDA and Cooked eggs are allowable under USDA guidelines.

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The number of incidents in which raw eggs were confiscated at U.S. borders has seen a significant increase of over 100% during the last quarter of 2022 compared to the same period the previous year, as per Border Report, an online news platform that covers immigration-related issues.

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The price for a 30-count carton of eggs in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, is $3.40, according to Border Report.

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