Taiwan to import eggs from Singapore for first time

Singapore, April 17 (CNA) Taiwan will import fresh and liquid eggs from Singapore for the first time ever, to help ease its ongoing shortage of the food staple, industry sources and Taiwanese officials said Monday. Speaking with CNA, a representative of Singapore's largest egg farm, Chew's Agriculture, said the company had recently finalized plans to deliver 600,000 eggs to Taiwanese clients, beginning in late April. The company ultimately hopes to export 1.2 million eggs in four shipping containers to Taiwan, the representative said. Meanwhile, a representative of another Singaporean egg farm told CNA that the company had agreed to export frozen liquid eggs to Taiwan. Taiwan's representative office in Singapore has confirmed that the firm will ship 8.3 tonnes of liquid eggs to Taiwan, which is equivalent to around 180,000 fresh eggs. Taiwan has been experiencing an egg shortage since early this year, which the Council of Agriculture (COA) has blamed on several factors, including ...