According to the latest egg production and marketing information from the Council of Agriculture, the daily output of eggs has risen to 112,000 boxes.

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[Reporter Yang Yuanting/Report from Taipei] As the weather warms up and moulting hens are put into production, according to the latest egg production and sales information provided by the Chicken Association to the Council of Agriculture, the daily supply of eggs has risen to 112,000 boxes (200 eggs per box) ), and it is also the first time since December last year that egg production has stopped falling and rebounded.

The supply of domestic eggs has been tight recently. As the weather gradually stabilizes, the avian flu epidemic is gradually brought under control, and hundreds of thousands of hens have been put into production in batches after moulting. According to the latest egg production and sales information, the domestic egg supply has increased from December For the first time so far this month, it has rebounded, increasing by 1,000 boxes from last week's 111,000 boxes to 112,000 boxes.

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The daily domestic demand for eggs is 118,000 to 120,000 boxes. Chen Jizhong, chairman of the Council of Agriculture, answered an inquiry at the Economic Committee of the Legislative Yuan this morning (22nd) that the number of domestic laying hens has gradually increased and will exceed 3,150 this week. There will be 34 million laying hens put into production after the first ten days of May, which will be close to the level of laying hens in the same period last year.

Chen Jizhong also mentioned that in order to meet the domestic demand for eggs, the Council of Agriculture will import more than 5 million eggs by the end of March, and 30 million eggs will be imported successively in April and May. After washing, the goods will also be distributed in the Minsheng mass sales channel.