Trump planned to import eggs at prices for consumers. Then the ‘Day of Liberation’ Tariffs came

• Plans to reduce egg prices may be broken with tariffs. In March, the Trump administration said it would import eggs from other countries to balance price increases in US tariffs, but a supplier faced 26% tariffs. Agricultural Secretary Brooke Rollins accepted the possibility on Thursday.

Donald Trump’s plan to lower the price of eggs in America may have cracked with the desire for tariffs.

Two weeks ago, Agricultural Secretary Brooke Rollins said Trump administration plans to import millions of eggs from Türkiye and South Korea (between other countries) and to increase further.

These prices are increasing due to the concerns of bird flu, which causes millions of chicken massacres and then causing the shortage of eggs produced in Turkey.

However, the tariffs announced this week may result in a price increase just as egg prices are starting to decrease. While the tariffs on Türkiye rose from 1% to 10%, the products tax from South Korea rose from 4% to 26%.

Chicken populations are starting to get rid of the massacre, but Rollins admitted that last month’s comments that the industry could be a few months before his return to full power.

A projection from the US Department of Agriculture, Published March 25The predicted egg prices will increase by 57.6% this year. Egg prices have fallen in recent weeks, but wholesale prices are currently 60% higher than last year and an average of $ 3 per dozen.

Speaking about Fox News, Rollins agreed that tariffs may cause prices to remain high.

Rollins, “sitting here and ‘Oh, everything will be perfect and prices will fall tomorrow’ I will not say, because this is an uncertain time.” He said.

The US imported more than 1.6 million consumer class chicken eggs in January and February.

This story initially took part in Fortune.com