SUMMARY Table egg production is a rapidly growing agricultural sector in the world, although is at a much lower level in Serbia. The total number of poultry in Serbia in 2018 was 16,232,000 birds, of which laying hens comprised 66.58%, broilers 30.05%, turkeys 1.27%, geese 0.46%, ducks 1.03% and other types of poultry 0.61%. The numbers of eggs in Serbia in 2018 decreased by 7.47% compared to 2006 production figures. This decline has been followed by an increase in imported eggs, particularly from EU countries (1033.9 t in 2018). Exports are mainly to signatory countries of Central European Free Trade Agreement, and, in 2018, and all eggs were exported to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia. Net trade was negative during the observed period, from −337.6 t in 2006 to −4225.3 and −2037 t in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Serbian egg producers face many challenges, including high production (especially feed) costs, low technology, lack of harmonised legislation within the EU and low retail price of eggs. Compound feed production is in decline, and the export of raw nutrients is at high rates (549,243.2 t in 2018). Improvements in feed processing and nutrition strategies may be crucial to develop table egg industry in a sustainable manner.

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塞尔维亚的鸡蛋生产

总结 鲜食鸡蛋生产是世界上快速增长的农业部门，尽管塞尔维亚的水平要低得多。2018年塞尔维亚家禽总数为1623.2万只，其中蛋鸡66.58%，肉鸡30.05%，火鸡1.27%，鹅0.46%，鸭1.03%，其他家禽0.61%。与 2006 年的产量数据相比，塞尔维亚 2018 年的鸡蛋数量下降了 7.47%。在此下降之后，进口鸡蛋增加，尤其是来自欧盟国家的鸡蛋（2018 年为 1033.9 吨）。出口主要是中欧自由贸易协定签署国，2018年鸡蛋全部出口到波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那、黑山和马其顿。在观察期内，净贸易为负，分别从 2006 年的 -337.6 吨到 2017 年和 2018 年的 -4225.3 吨和 -2037 吨。塞尔维亚鸡蛋生产商面临许多挑战，包括高生产（尤其是饲料）成本、低技术、欧盟内部缺乏统一立法以及鸡蛋零售价低。配合饲料产量下降，原料营养素出口量高（2018年为549,243.2吨）。饲料加工和营养策略的改进对于以可持续的方式发展食用鸡蛋行业可能至关重要。