Chen Jizhong, Chairman of the Council of Agriculture (right) and Zhang Zhisheng, Director of the Fisheries Department.

(Photo by reporter Yang Yuanting)

[Reporter Yang Yuanting/Taipei Report] The General Office of Accounting and Accounting announced yesterday that the annual growth rate of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 2.95%, a 14-year high. Among them, people’s livelihood materials such as eggs, flour, and salad oil rose by more than 5%. Chen Jizhong, the chairman of the meeting, said today (7th) that before the Lunar New Year, the supply of all agricultural, fishery and livestock products is absolutely safe. He also said that the current egg price is higher than the previous period, but this is due to the impact of the increase in feed raw materials Sincerely.

Chen Jizhong attended the "2011 National Fish Unloading Declaration and Commendation Awards". After the meeting, he was asked about the fact that the CPI annual growth rate hit a 14-year high. It will be announced next week. In terms of vegetables, due to the end of the cold snap and rising temperatures, the current supply of vegetables is abundant, and the wholesale auction prices in Greater Taipei are also at a certain level. The supply of fruits is safe, and the prices are not comparable to those of the same period last year. No rise.

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As for poultry, livestock and aquatic products, etc., Chen Jizhong said that they are all in good supply, but the price of eggs is higher than that of the same period last year, but this is due to price fluctuations caused by the increase in feed raw materials. He said that farmers must also supply eggs There is a certain profit, and the farmers are working hard to produce the eggs needed by the people of the country. He said that the previous measures such as reducing or exempting the sales tax by the Government Council are all to reduce the cost of raw materials and cause the increase in the cost of livestock products.

As for the H1N1 highly pathogenic bird flu epidemic that is currently spreading globally and is also affecting Taiwan, 200,000 poultry have been culled. Chen Jizhong said that he is doing his best to prevent the bird flu from affecting the supply of poultry products such as chicken and eggs. Actively cooperate with the prevention and control, and are confident that the agricultural, fishery and livestock products needed by consumers across the country can be supplied before the new year.

Regarding the outside world's concern about whether the epidemic has triggered an egg shortage crisis, the Council of Agriculture has previously said that there is a daily shortage of about 200,000 eggs.

Chen Jizhong said that this data is due to the culling of more than 200,000 poultry due to bird flu. Now the number of breeder chickens has been replenished from chickens in eggs, and it will recover in a day or two. He emphasized that the production of eggs is absolutely sufficient , The processing part has also gradually reduced production, because the demand is different before the New Year holidays. If the demand is strong, the Council of Agriculture will immediately dispatch it.