The United States has reached an agreement with South Korea that’s opened the door for the first ever exports of shell eggs from the U.S. to South Korea. The north Asian country is experiencing its worst outbreak of avian flu ever and needs the product. U.S Poultry and Egg Export Council President Jim Sumner says the deal just finalized will allow shipments to begin immediately.

He credits America’s soybean farmers in helping to get the South Korean market open for U.S. eggs.

Sumner says because the U.S. has recovered from its own bird flu outbreak that hit a year and a half ago, there is now a surplus of eggs available that can be sent to South Korea.

More than 30 million birds have been culled in South Korea since November when the bird flu outbreak began.