Chinese news agency Beijing, October 28, Japanese media on the 27th, influenced by factors such as the rise in feed prices, summer high temperatures caused production decrease, Japanese egg prices have continued to bounce in recent years, approaching the highest historical value since statistics.

According to data released by "JA Quannong Eggs", a large Japanese sales company, the wholesale price of medium-sized eggs in Tokyo on the 27th was 325 yen (about 15 yuan) per kilogram, approaching the record set during the "egg shortage" period in the spring of 2023. The highest value is 350 yen (about 16.3 yuan) per kilogram.

Many catering enterprises and cake shops complain about this, fearing that the price increase of eggs will push up costs and affect business. The owner of a restaurant specializing in omelette rice said that this year was the "hardest year" since he opened the shop 11 years ago. Not only did the price of eggs go up, but rice and other ingredients also became more and more expensive. He had to raise the price of omelette rice, but doing so might lose customers.

This month, Hokkaido confirmed the high-pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in Japan from the first season of avian influenza, further aggravating concerns about the rise in the price of eggs. According to the media, compared with the avian influenza season from 2022 to 2023, the current avian influenza outbreak is about a week earlier than the first season, and if the outbreak spreads, the Japanese egg price is likely to be refreshed.

From October 2022 to April 2023, Japan culled more than 17 million birds due to the avian influenza epidemic, setting a record for the number of birds culled in a single avian influenza epidemic season in Japan. Affected by this, the supply of eggs in Japan was in short supply, the price soared, and there was once an "egg shortage". (Zhang Jing)