Nonthaburi, June 15-Director-General of the Department of Internal Trade clarifies the situation of the chicken egg trade. Productivity decreased due to hot weather. make hens eat less food Less eggs are produced and the eggs are small, the number of eggs entering the market decreases. But recently, the situation has started to return to normal. After the cold weather, prices began to drop. Expected in July this is normal. Continue to take care of consumers. bring cheap eggs to sell through mobile commerce
Mr. Wattanasak Sueaiam, Director-General of the Department of Internal Trade, revealed that the price of chicken eggs tends to rise. The Department of Internal Trade has monitored the situation of production and trade in chicken eggs in the market. Both at the wholesale and retail level close Including discussing with the raisers all along found that the current amount of chicken eggs began to adjust to equilibrium from the previous period by the amount of chicken eggs now Approximately 43 million eggs/day were released into the market, sufficient for average consumption of 41.5 million eggs/day without any shortage.
As for the production situation, it was found that it was affected by the continuous hot weather since the beginning of the year. As a result, chickens eat less food. lay smaller eggs Originally, large chicken eggs, number 0. Originally, the weather was normal. There will be 15% of all eggs in the market. Nowadays, the weather is very hot, there are only 5% left, number 1 from 25% to 15%, small-medium eggs (numbers 3-5), from the former, only 30%, but now has increased to 50%, while eggs number 2 remain in proportion. It's about 30%, which can be seen that the original number 5 mini egg is very small. returned to an increased proportion But from better weather conditions Due to more rain, it is expected that the proportion of chicken eggs will return to normal in about 2-3 weeks, which will increase the number of large eggs.
As for the current chicken egg price situation, it is still under the price structure supervised by the Department of Internal Trade. The average price of assorted chicken eggs in front of the farm is 3.80 baht per egg, and the average price of number 3 eggs is 4.08 baht per egg.
However, initially the Department have linked eggs from small farms come to sell through the blue flag mobile car and local department stores to help reduce the cost of living for the people both in Bangkok and other provinces and had a meeting with the Association of Farmers To assist in terms of production and liquidity for the raisers in another way. Including having provincial commerce across the country closely monitor the price and sale of chicken eggs. not to seize the opportunity to raise prices Including strictly supervising the display of price tags
However, if it is found that there is hoarding or seizing the opportunity to sell products at unfair prices can be notified at the Department of Internal Trade hotline 1569 or provincial commercial offices across the country And if found wrongdoing will be punished according to Section 29 of the Act on Prices of Goods and Services Which is punishable by imprisonment for 7 years, a fine of 140,000 baht, or both imprisonment and fine.-Thai News Agency
Source: Thai News Agency