Chen Jinding, executive director of the Egg Price Evaluation Committee of the Republic of China, said that there is no such thing as the previous black market chaos. Due to the stable supply and demand, the price of egg production land will remain at 45 per catty before the Dragon Boat Festival.

Five yuan, the wholesale price is fifty-five yuan.

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[Reporter Yang Yuanting/Taipei Report] As the temperature stabilized and the egg production rate rose to nearly 70%, and the Council of Agriculture continued to implement egg import measures until the end of the year, a total of more than 16 million imported eggs were supplied to supermarkets, supermarkets, and supermarkets. In terminal consumer markets such as merchants and mass merchandisers, the egg shortage has gradually eased.

Chen Jinding, executive director of the Egg Price Evaluation Committee of the Republic of China, said that there is no black market at present, and because the supply and demand are stable, the land price of eggs will still be maintained at 45 per catty before the Dragon Boat Festival.

Five yuan, the wholesale price is fifty-five yuan.

The chaotic phenomenon of price increase in the black market has disappeared

According to the statistics of egg production and sales by the Council of Agriculture based on the information provided by chicken associations, washing and sorting companies, and large transport companies, the current domestic egg production has risen to eleven.

20,000 boxes (two hundred pieces per box).

Since the domestic demand for eggs is 120,000 boxes per day, the COA’s egg import program will be implemented until the end of the year, and the eggs will be supplied to supermarkets and supermarkets at a fair price.

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Changjiang Wenquan, deputy director of the Animal Husbandry Department of the Council of Agriculture, said that currently more than 16 million imported washed eggs have been supplied to supermarkets and supermarkets, and the number of imported eggs will be adjusted on a rolling basis according to market conditions.

As the temperature stabilizes and the risk of bird flu in summer is lower than that in autumn and winter, it is optimistic that the daily egg production will gradually recover.

High feed costs and egg prices will not drop in the short term

With the listing of imported eggs, there has been no black market for domestic eggs. Chen Jinding said that because there is no longer a black market for price increases, the market order is stable.

The Beishi Egg Merchants Association also issued a statement stating that egg production has increased recently, imported eggs have been coming in one after another, and after the Ching Ming Festival, the buying momentum has decreased slightly, resulting in an increase in egg stocks. Fifty-five yuan per catty) Settlement, do not increase the price privately.

Jiang Wenquan said that although the black market situation has disappeared, the Council of Agriculture will still build a refrigerated storage inventory of 50 million eggs to regulate the market when the domestic egg market becomes more stable.

Chen Jinding pointed out that due to the high cost of feed, the price of eggs will not be lowered in the short term. Considering unstable factors such as bird flu, coupled with the replacement of old chicken flocks and the shortage of small and medium-sized chickens, the price of eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival will remain at the price of the place of origin. Forty-five catties per catty.

Five yuan, the wholesale price is fifty-five yuan.

In the third season, the catering industry will try to use washed eggs

In addition, the Council of Agriculture recently pointed out at the egg expert meeting that this year it will try to use washed eggs in the breakfast industry, food processing industry, and catering industry. They are thinner and easy to break after washing. In order to avoid affecting the supply of boxed eggs for washing, after the chicken flock is adjusted and production and sales are stable, a pilot plan for using washed eggs will be promoted. The earliest will be the third quarter of this year in Taiwan. debut.