Chicken Egg Prices Rise, Trade Minister Lutfi Brings Good News: It Won't Take Long, January 2022 Drops

JAKARTA - The Minister of Trade (Mendag) Muhammad Lutfi admitted that there was indeed an increase in the price of chicken eggs. Even so, Lutfi said that the price increase would not last long. According to him, prices will fall again in January 2022.

"The soaring price of chicken eggs will not last long. Instead, it will decrease in January 2022," he said at the State Palace, Jakarta, quoted Friday, December 31.

Lutfi said that the increase in egg prices was triggered by the stretching of the hotel, restaurant and catering industry which began to actively use chicken eggs as needed food ingredients.

"If we look at the price from January to December, the egg price is still below the Ministry of Trade's reference, below Rp. 24 thousand on average. Now it is rising at the end of the year. But if you take a straight line, the price of eggs is still below the sufficient price for selling eggs. So we are sorry," he said. .

For your information, summarized from various sources, the price of chicken eggs has been observed to increase in traditional markets. The price of eggs per kilogram is sold in the range of Rp. 30,000 to Rp. 33,000.

Previously, the Managing Director of Perum Bulog, Budi Waseso, said that the increase in the price of broiler eggs at the end of 2021 was due to the unavoidable high cost of feed.

"The increase in egg prices is due to high feed prices. Many breeders turn laying hens into broilers, because they cannot afford feed. To reduce feed costs, chickens are cut," he said.

Therefore, Budi also targets the absorption of 30,000 tons of corn for feed to be realized in the next one to two days. Budi said the absorption of corn for animal feed as much as 27,000 tons had been realized as of December 27, 2021.