The Crime Desk: There is no way to control the price of eggs. The big wholesalers of Tejgaon stopped selling eggs last Sunday and Monday night due to the gradual increase in prices. As a result, eggs disappeared from some areas, including Tejgaon in the capital. However, after two days of trade closure, the supply of eggs has finally returned to normal at the capital’s Tejgaon wholesale market. As a result, eggs are also seen in the retail market. However, although the price has decreased slightly, eggs have not been bought and sold at the reasonable price set by the government.
Meanwhile, to increase the supply and control the price, the two main wholesale markets of eggs in Dhaka, Tejgaon, and Kaptan markets will supply 2 million eggs per day, the corporate organizations said. Corporate establishments will start supplying eggs to Kaptan Bazar from Thursday (October 17). Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council is the main coordinator of this program. The organization says that initially this activity started in Dhaka, but it will affect the whole country.
On Wednesday, it was seen that eggs are being sold at around 160 rupees per dozen in Karwan market. That is, the price of each is 13 taka, 33 paisa. Last Tuesday, each dozen was sold at the rate of Tk 180 to 185. Accordingly, the price of a dozen has decreased by Tk 20 to Tk 25 yesterday. However, it is still being sold at 165 to 170 taka in the neighborhood.
On September 15, the Directorate of Agriculture Marketing fixed the rational price of eggs due to the abnormal increase in prices. According to the fixed rate, the price per piece should be 10 taka 58 paisa at the production stage, 11 taka 01 paisa at the wholesale stage, and 11 taka 87 paisa at the retail stage (142 taka 44 paisa per dozen). However, eggs were not sold at this price for a single day.
The wholesalers bought eggs from the farmers at a rate of Tk 12 per piece, which is Tk 1 42 paise more than the rate set by the government at the producer level. Wholesale traders said that they sold these eggs to retailers at the price of 12 taka 20 paisa to 12 taka 30 paisa. Which is 1 taka 19 paisa to 1 taka 29 paisa higher than the rate fixed by the government (wholesale level). However, some retailers said that they bought eggs at a slightly higher price than this.
Amanat Ullah, the former president of Tejgaon Egg Traders Association, said that big companies did not send eggs to Adar on Tuesday night. Discussions have been held with them. They will send eggs on Thursday. But it may take another day or two for the price to come to a rational level.
