Duck egg prices climb amid shortage of chicken eggs in Taiwan

Taipei, March 9 (CNA) The farmgate price of duck eggs will rise by NT$5 (US$0.16) per kilogram in Taiwan from Friday, as demand has been growing due to a shortage of chicken eggs, an industry insider said Thursday. "The price hike of NT$5 per kg will push up the wholesale price of duck eggs to a record high NT$80 per kg," Kao Chuan-mo (高傳謨), chairman of an egg sales association, told CNA. Amid an acute chicken egg shortage in Taiwan, demand for duck eggs has spiked, with the farmgate price surging from NT$71 per kg last April to NT$75 per kg late last month, according to Taiwan agriculture market data. "It's still too early to say when the supply of chicken eggs will return to normal, despite the government's promise that the shortage will end late this month," Kao said. "If the weather does not improve soon, the chicken egg shortage will continue indefinitely." Also on Thursday, Willis Cheng (鄭武樾), chairman of Taiwan meat and animal feed producer Charoen Pokphand Enterprise ...