The United States is still facing an egg crisis.

To cope with the rising egg prices, the US has asked Turkey, Denmark, and some other European countries to export eggs to the US. The request from the US Department of Agriculture came at the same time as President Donald Trump’s new threat of customs tariffs against European countries and other nations. Trump had also threatened Denmark with economic sanctions if they did not transfer Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, to the US. A document reviewed by Reuters showed that a representative of the US Department of Agriculture in Europe sent a formal letter at the end of February to egg-producing countries, inquiring if they could supply eggs to the US market. In early March, a new letter was sent to the Danish egg producers’ association requesting an estimate of the amount of eggs that could be sent to the US. The Danish institution stated that it would consider the request but pointed out that there is no egg surplus in Europe, and in fact, there is a shortage of egg supply worldwide due to increased consumption and the bird flu epidemic. Ibrahim Afyon, President of the Egg Producers Central Association in Turkey (YUM-BIR), had previously mentioned an agreement with the US to export approximately 15,000 tons of eggs due to egg supply shortages caused by the bird flu epidemic, with shipments starting in February and continuing until July.