Indian eggs arrive, market price Tk12 per piece

The first shipment of eggs from India arrived entered Bangladesh through Benapole land port, Jessore in a truck on Monday. The newly arrived eggs will cost around Tk12.

The government issued import permits for 1.0 crore pieces. In the first shipment, one private trader imported 61,950. After being processed at the land port, the truck left the Benapole land port around 10 pm last night (Sunday).

According to Benapole Land Port Authority and Clearing and Forwarding (C&F) agent sources, Dhaka's BDS Corporation imported 61,950 eggs in an Indian cargo truck as its first shipment after the Ministry of Commerce gave permission to import eggs.

The import price of an egg is estimated at Tk 5.43, on which duty is charged at Tk1.8 per egg. A single egg will cost Tk10 after adding other charges while market price will be Tk12.

Director (Traffic) of Benapole land port Rezaul Karim said that the first consignment of eggs arrived from India in a truck yesterday (Sunday) evening. The eggs left the port around 10 pm when they were transferred from the Indian truck to the Bangladeshi truck.

Syed Mahidul Haque, representative of C&F agent ME Enterprises of the egg importer, said transport costs will be added to this, he said.