Import eggs to bring prices down [September 18 2010]

by L.S. Ananda Wedaarachchi

The government has decided to import eggs to arrest the increasing prices of eggs in the market.

Meanwhile the weekly commodities bulletin issued by Hector Kobbakaduwa Agrarian Research and Training Institute - HKARTI stated that the retail prices of both brown and white eggs have increased by 36 percent and 31 percent respectively.

The current shortage of eggs in the country is due to mainly low supply from traditional sources in NCP the bulletin stated.