Egg prices at farm controlled at 3 baht and below

BANGKOK, 13 January 2012 – The Department of Internal Trade (DIT) has announced that from today onwards, prices of eggs sold at the farms cannot go above 3 baht per egg.



After a meeting with chicken farmers to tackle the oversupply problem, DIT Director-General Vachari Vimooktayon says that the meeting agreed to put control on prices of eggs to be effective today.



According to the DIT, the prices sold at the egg farms will be as follows



Number 0 egg, or the large-size egg, is sold at 3 baht each.



Number 1 egg is sold at 2.80 baht each.



Number 2 egg is sold at 2.70 baht each.



Number 3 egg is sold at 2.60 baht each.



Number 4 egg is sold at 2.50 baht each.



Number 5 egg is sold at 2.40 baht each.



The DIT Director-General says the measure will be revised every 7-15 days so that it can be adjusted to suit the market situation.



With the oversupply problem, egg prices at the farm continued to drop to as low as 2 baht each; however once the eggs reach the market, prices remain high, prompting the DIT to intervene with the prices to protect chicken farmers.

(NNT : Nuttaporn Chanchokpong)

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