INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The State Trading Corporation has granted permission to import eggs until April 2024, Trade Minister Nalin Fernando says.Speaking to the
media following an event held on Friday (Dec.15), the lawmaker said imported eggs would be sold to the consumers at Rs
35 each.He mentioned that the decision to import eggs was taken in a bid to control the unreasonable increase in the price of eggs in the
local market.Fernando also said the government would continue to import eggs if local egg producers fail to bring down the exorbitant
prices.Meanwhile, the already-imported stocks of eggs would be released to the local market for the festive season, he added.The decision
comes after egg producers told the minister that eggs cannot be sold below Rs
55 each until the end of Christmas.
