This is the main reason for Indonesia's addiction to imported processed egg products

Published 2023년 2월 1일

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Indonesia is facing a paradoxical situation where it is planning to import egg flour despite having a surplus of eggs due to the unstable and high price of eggs in the country. The high price of eggs is preventing the establishment of egg flour factories, making imports necessary. Despite discussions with President Joko Widodo about building an egg flour factory in East Java, no progress has been made due to the fluctuating egg prices. The instability in egg prices is also attributed to the population of laying hens, with numbers increasing when prices are low and decreasing when prices are high, a trend influenced by natural selection.

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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Indonesia is eager to import egg flour products. The irony is that Indonesia's egg production is a surplus every year. But what's the reason? Chairperson of the Association of National Chicken Farmers (GOPAN) Pardjuni revealed that the main reason Indonesia is still addicted to imported processed egg products is because the price of eggs in Indonesia is still relatively high and fluctuating or unstable. So to build an egg flour processing factory in the country is still an impossible thing. "Actually, we also have plans to build an egg flour factory, but this egg flour factory also requires raw materials which also have an included price. If the price is now above Rp. 20,000, or above Rp. 22,000, I think the flour factory will eggs in Indonesia won't work, because the costs are definitely expensive, the HPP is high. And the price of eggs in Indonesia is still fluctuating, not stable," Pardjuni told CNBC Indonesia, Wednesday (1/2/2023). Pardjuni said that ...

Source: Cnbcindonesia