Eggs in Stock With 12 for NT$79 or NT$89 首批進口蛋上架 1盒12顆大小售價79元.89元

The government is trying to buy eggs from 10 countries due to Taiwan's severe egg shortage. The first batch of imports hit shelves on March 29, with Australian eggs hitting Carrefour shelves. The store has a two cartons per customer policy.

There are actual eggs on the shelf! This Carrefour store in Taipei opened at 9 a.m. with shelves stocked with Australian eggs. The 600-gram cartons of 12 are selling for NT$79, while the 700-gram cartons of 12 are selling for NT$89. Customers began arriving at the store early in the morning in the hopes of getting their hands on some eggs.

Ms. Hsiao, Consumer: “It's cheaper. It was 10 for NT$99 or NT$150 before. Now it seems cheaper.”

Mr. Kuo, Consumer: “I feel like I got a bargain. (Do you think there should be a two-carton restriction?) It's fine. Two are enough for a family. (So you're happy?) Yes, yes, yes. Leave some for other people. Many people need eggs.”

Carrefour says it took delivery of 8,000 cartons of 90,000-plus eggs on the 29th and the eggs will be sold at both its hypermarkets and supermarkets. It doesn't know if the eggs scheduled for delivery on the 30th will arrive. Carrefour has a limit of two cartons per customer.

Chen Yi-fang, PR Manager, Carrefour: “We want every consumer to get a fair shot at eggs, so we adopted the two-carton policy.”

The Council of Agriculture has its hands full trying to import eggs and says it will continue doing so until the end of the year. It is expecting delivery of 35 and 70 million eggs in, respectively, April and May and hopes to see order restored in the market by the end of April.

Chang Ching-wei, Director, Department of Animal Industry, COA: “We have to admit there was somewhat of an egg shortage. We're making up the shortage to get the market back to normal. We expect that to happen in the second half of April.”

The council says the price of unwashed eggs is even higher than washed eggs at some places and online prices even shot up to over NT$100 per catty. The government hopes imports of hundreds of millions of eggs can help bring stability back to the market.

位於北市內湖的家樂福量販店，一早9時開門，貨架已補滿冷藏雞蛋。這批來自澳洲的進口雞蛋一盒12顆，重量600克賣79元、700克賣89元。有民眾前一天看到報導，一早跑來買；也有民眾只是來逛賣場，意外買到蛋。

消費者蕭小姐表示：「我覺得有比較便宜，因為之前它10個就99或是150元，現在這樣感覺有便宜。」

消費者郭先生也說：「感覺是賺到了啊，（限制購買兩盒）一個家庭就夠用了，留給別人，很多人都需要。」

家樂福表示，29日到貨量8000盒、大約9萬多顆雞蛋，除了量販店也會在超市上架。至於30日是否貨順利到貨，目前還不知道，會盡量爭取更多貨源。不過還是實施限購，以防被早到的人掃光。

家樂福公共事務部長陳依芳說明：「希望更多的消費者能夠買得到，為了公平起見，所以我們還是採取一個人限購兩盒。」

農委會持續擴大專案進口雞蛋，將持續到今（2023）年底。4、5月目前規劃分別3500萬顆與7000萬顆，希望在4月底可以回穩市場的秩序。

農委會畜牧處長張經緯指出：「確實還有一些雞蛋的缺口，要把這樣的缺口補足，讓市場回歸正常的機制，我們預估應該在4月的下半旬。」

農委會坦言，目前市場出現的亂象是，經過處理的洗選蛋的價格，竟然比沒有洗選的還低，網購甚至價格可以喊出一斤破百元。希望透過進口回穩供應量，希望逐步恢復正常市場機制。