Egg prices in Indonesia are getting fiercer

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Prices of a number of food ingredients were observed to increase earlier this month, (1/3/2024). One of them is the price of chicken eggs which has reached IDR 30,590 per kg, the national average price. Based on the National Food Agency (Bapanas) price panel, the national average price of purebred chicken eggs increased by IDR 50 to IDR 30,590 per kg, where a week ago on February 23 2024 it was at IDR 30,540. The highest price for purebred chicken eggs is in the Papua Mountains, namely IDR 60,000 per kg, and the lowest price is in Aceh IDR 26,810 per kg. Data accessed at 17.17 WIB. Chairman of the National Layer Breeders Association (PLN) Musbar Mesdi said that the increase in prices for chicken eggs occurred due to supply and demand factors, where the available supply was below market demand, causing prices to rise. Musbar also explained that production costs upstream or at the farmer level are currently experiencing an increase, where the price of ...