The price of eggs in Changchun, Jilin Province is soaring as the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches.

Prices began to rise before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and eggs on the market rose from 4 yuan to 5 yuan per jin, as if sitting on a rocket.

Why is the price of eggs rising? how high can this "rocket egg" fly near the Mid-Autumn Festival? On the 6th, a reporter from China Jilin Network visited the market to talk to farmers and focus on the price of eggs together with experts.

The eggs went up too much.

Eggs, eggs, if you don't buy them now, you have to go up in a few days. At 8 o'clock on the 6th, in front of the egg counter in a supermarket on Changxin Street, Sister Zhou, a Changchun resident who only wanted to sell buckets of soybean oil, was attracted by the sound that the price of eggs was about to rise.

"eggs are so expensive, and it's going up too much." Looking at the price tag of eggs on the counter, Sister Zhou admitted that she had gone up so much before the Mid-Autumn Festival. 5 yuan per jin, I really couldn't afford it.

According to her recollection, when she came here last month to buy eggs, the price per jin was only 3.98 yuan, an increase of more than one yuan.

As a matter of fact, the increase in the price of eggs mentioned by Sister Zhou is by no means the monopoly of this supermarket. at present, the rise in the price of eggs is already quite common in the market.

China Jilin Network reporter then visited 8 supermarkets and farmers' markets in Kuancheng District, Nanguan District and Erdao District and found that the price of eggs had already gone up.

Among the egg prices recorded by the reporter, the lowest price is 4.8 yuan per jin and the highest price is 5.12 yuan per jin, with an increase of about one yuan per jin.

In fact, the current situation of egg prices is also reflected in the latest monitoring data of Changchun Price Supervision and Inspection Bureau. According to monitoring, the average retail price of eggs in the five major farmers' markets is 4.84 yuan, up 7.08% compared with last week.

Farmers

Only when the price is low in the early stage can you see the money back.

The rise in the price of eggs, although consumers "cry expensive", but in the eyes of farmers, this is a good opportunity to recoup the cost.

"the eggs from our chicken farm are usually sent to Changchun." Zhao Yuling, a farmer in Nong'an, told China Jilin net that now the wholesale price of eggs is 3.4mur3.7 yuan / jin, rising for a period of time at the beginning of the year, and then falling again. When the price was the lowest, it was only 2.4mur2.8 yuan / jin. The reason for the lower price at that time was mainly due to the hot weather, low demand and low price.

During the conversation, the reporter learned that Zhao Yuling's daily output of eggs is 3200 jin, and excluding feeding costs, labor, electricity and other expenses, the foreign wholesale price must be at least 3.2yuan / jin in order to maintain capital. It can be said that Ben didn't even come back in the early stage.

The current rise in egg prices has obviously given Zhao Yuling the hope of making a profit. But she was a little worried about how long the high price would last.

"School begins these days, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and every household has to buy some eggs for the holiday. It is estimated that this is the reason that has pushed up the price. I don't know how long it will last." Zhao Yuling said so.

For the reasons for the increase in the price of eggs? Changchun Price Supervision and Inspection Bureau in the latest issue of data release, also explained the reason, due to the impact of a large number of purchases by food processing enterprises and the beginning of the new semester, the demand for eggs continues to grow, and egg prices continue to rise.

"affected by the Mid-Autumn Festival supermarket stock, downstream retail dealers actively purchase, eggs are in a phased peak of demand." Analysts also gave the answer, the supply of goods is relatively tight, the supply of eggs in the market falls short of demand, and the price of eggs rises sharply.

Future prediction

The recent decline in egg prices is limited.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching the reappearance of "rocket eggs". How long can this high price last?

Analysts said that since the beginning of this year, egg prices in Northeast China have shown a "rising-falling-rising" trend.

According to the analysis of this year's market, due to the support of the Spring Festival in January this year, the demand of food factories and downstream terminal links is strong, and the price of eggs is high. around the 21st, as the stock of each link ends, the demand for eggs weakens, and the price of eggs has slipped for the first time in 2016. egg prices have been falling all the way.

When the time came to February 29, the average price of eggs in Northeast China fell to 2.90 yuan per jin, down 28.40% from January 21. From late February to early June, despite the support of Qingming Festival and Dragon Boat Festival, egg prices increased slightly due to relatively adequate supply, and egg prices fluctuated slightly. Since June, due to the hot weather and the weakening market demand, coupled with the influence of school holidays in mid-late June, demand has further weakened. Egg prices have experienced the second slide in 2016, and laying hen farming has entered an era of losses. Egg prices in Northeast China fell to 2.44 yuan / jin on June 26, and some farmers were overwhelmed and actively eliminated old chickens.

After that, when the laying rate of laying hens decreased and the stock of old hens decreased during the rest period, the supply of eggs decreased compared with the previous period, and the price of eggs opened a long way to counterattack.

"in early August, under the influence of the stock of the Mid-Autumn Festival food factory, egg prices began to rise, laying hen breeding returned to the profitable era, and demand further improved as the school canteen began to stock in the middle of the month." Analysts expect the overall demand to be OK, supported by the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday effect, and the recent decline in egg prices is limited.