Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said the import of eggs will be allowed in coordination with the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock if their prices do not come under control.
The minister was speaking to reporters at the opening ceremony of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh’s sales program for low-income families for the month of August, at Town Hall, Dhaka, on Sunday.
If the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock set the prices of eggs, the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection would see to it by carrying out drives that traders sold eggs at fixed prices, Tipu Munshi said. “The DNCRP is conducting raids in different areas of the capital day and night as egg prices are unstable.”
It was not up to the commerce ministry to make a decision on egg imports, the minister said. “Permission from the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock is necessary. There is no scope to import eggs without their cooperation. I hope that a decision will be made very soon.”
