Recently, the reporter visited a number of Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group Co.Ltd(000061) retail markets in Beijing. Most businesses reported that the price of eggs had fallen recently. According to the data provided by egg information network, the price of eggs in the production area on December 31, 2021 was 4.31 yuan / kg, a decrease of more than 17% compared with the price peak of 5.24 yuan / kg on January 18, 2021. Since new year's day in 2022, the price of eggs has rebounded slightly. As of January 9, the price of eggs in the production area is 4.52 yuan / kg.
In Zhumadian, Henan Province, farmers said that the backlog of more than 200 boxes of eggs had been placed in the warehouse for more than a week. Sun Junqing, the purchasing manager responsible for the purchase of eggs around Zhumadian, reflected that some time ago, in the face of falling egg prices, layer farmers had been reluctant to sell. Recently, the peak consumption season of the Spring Festival is coming, and farmers begin to ship goods collectively.
(source: China Central Television finance and Economics)
