Many countries around the world are facing a shortage of eggs. After the Council of Agriculture launched the egg import program, you can find raw food-grade egg sources in Thailand. A local Taiwanese businessman interviewed this newspaper and revealed the reason behind it; the picture is a schematic diagram of eggs, and has nothing to do with the news itself.

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[Reporter Yang Yuanting/Taipei-Thailand Link Report] The Council of Agriculture launched the egg import program. By the end of the year, eggs from 10 countries including Thailand were imported to meet the needs of the Chinese people. When exporting to Japan, it is difficult to have space to accept temporary orders. The Council of Agriculture was able to grab it this time. It is the Chinese representative office in Thailand and Taiwanese businessmen who actively "searched for eggs" and finally brought Thai raw food-grade eggs to Taiwan.

After the Council of Agriculture launched the special import measures, Thai eggs could not immediately enter Taiwan. A local Taiwanese businessman surnamed Tu in Thailand who assisted the Chinese government in robbing the local eggs said in an interview with this newspaper that almost all the eggs that could be exported in Thailand were exported to Japan in the past. And other countries, because Japan and other countries are full of orders, it is difficult to have other eggs that can be immediately supplied and exported to other countries.

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A Taiwanese businessman surnamed Tu said that Taiwan’s egg shortage is not a special case. Affected by the H5N1 bird flu, chicken farmers in various countries have mass culled chickens. Many countries around the world are experiencing egg shortages. The egg production in the UK has hit a new low in 9 years, and the egg production in the United States has fallen in the past year. The 60% increase in price is the biggest increase in 50 years. It is not easy for Taiwan to import eggs that meet the epidemic prevention regulations when all countries are scrambling for eggs. Many countries also want to buy eggs from Thailand, but mothers Chickens lay a fixed amount of eggs every day, and eggs are not always available.

There are two reasons why Taiwan can grab Thai eggs. The Taiwanese businessman surnamed Tu said that there are two main reasons. After the Council of Agriculture opened up the import of eggs to meet the needs of the Chinese people for eggs, the import and export of eggs requires the two countries to negotiate quarantine conditions. The Thai representative office actively assisted. Local Taiwanese businessmen knew that there was a need in their hometown, and they all stepped forward. Some Taiwanese businessmen assisted in finding egg sources. He has been engaged in trading in Thailand for 27 years, and he assisted in confirming the export of eggs to Taiwan. To meet the needs of the folks for eggs, "I never thought that there is a shortage of eggs in the world. This is the first time everyone has received the task of finding eggs. These two or three weeks have been busy looking for eggs, arranging packaging, exporting, etc., even during the holidays. No rest."

A Taiwanese businessman surnamed Tu said that Taiwanese businessmen have been cultivating locally in Thailand for many years, and have deep friendship and trust with local egg farmers. The local egg farm in Thailand that exports Japanese eggs finally nodded and allocated some raw food-grade egg sources to Taiwan. After finding the egg source , but also to attach relevant supporting documents in accordance with Taiwan’s quarantine regulations. He said that the greatest joy of the whole egg hunting mission was to see Taiwan and Thailand actively coordinate and finalize the egg quarantine conditions, so that Thai eggs can be sent to Taiwan as quickly as possible. It feels good to do our part for the country!"

As for why there is a gap between the price of eggs exported from Thailand and the price of local eggs?

The Taiwanese businessman surnamed Tu said that the export of eggs must meet the quarantine conditions of the importing country, which is different from the conditions required by the general channel in Thailand, and export eggs will spend a lot of time in quarantine to ensure hygiene and safety, and documents such as drug residue testing must be provided, plus transportation Naturally, the price when it arrives in Taiwan cannot be compared with that of local eggs. "They are different eggs."