China News Service, July 19. According to Taiwan's "United Daily News", the egg shortage situation in Taiwan continued to be serious, and egg prices rose again.
The Taipei Egg Merchants Association said that starting from July 20, the egg production price will rise from NT$40.5 (the same below) to NT$42.5, and the wholesale price will increase from NT$50 to NT$52. The retail egg price will continue to rise.
According to the latest consumer price index CPI in June, the food category rose by 7.27%, of which eggs and meat were affected by the increase in feeding costs, and the prices rose by 29.11% and 6.78%. Product and take-out expenses increased by 6.99% and 6.38% respectively.
Taiwan's "Agricultural Committee" said that the price of feed has reached a high point, and then the price of soybeans and corn will stabilize. As for the prices of various livestock and poultry products, the market mechanism will be respected.
Gao Chuanmo, chairman of the Taipei Egg Merchants Association, said, "There is a huge shortage of eggs."
The feed is soaring, and the chicken farmers have more old chickens and more forced moulting. About one million laying hens are forced to moult one after another. Therefore, the supply of eggs is insufficient. According to the statistics of the Chicken Breeding Association, about 115,000 boxes are supplied a day. , but the actual supply is less than 110,000 boxes (200 eggs per box), so it is estimated that at least one million eggs are missing a day.
Gao Chuanmo said that last month, the business was not very good during the epidemic, and the price was originally going to drop, but because the new chickens of the laying hens could not make up for it, there were too many old chickens. The lack of chickens and medium chickens has not been done, so it has been delayed until now.
He said that in fact, the number of real egg shortages cannot be estimated, and the severity is comparable to that of the Spring Festival. It is because the sales in the north are not good, and consumers have no obvious feelings. The business has resumed, the business of the scenic area is good, and the demand has increased greatly. Only in the morning did the Hualien egg business call to adjust the eggs. Just this time, they assisted in dispatching 4,000 and 5,000 boxes of eggs to Hualien.
Chen Guocun, chairman of the Taiwan Chicken Breeding Association, said that during the winter and summer vacations, it was originally the season for the chicken farmers' association to conduct forced moulting of laying hens.