00:00 The price of eggs has increased in some families in Metro Manila and the province,
00:05 as well as chicken and some Noche Buena items.
00:08 The manufacturers of canned goods also have a high price.
00:11 Bernadette Reyes was able to get a hold of it.
00:14 Michelle and her son usually have a snack, but...
00:21 It's a bit annoying because the size of the egg is really small.
00:26 It's not like before when the size was big.
00:29 It was big before, but now it's small.
00:31 It's expensive.
00:33 The cheapest medium-sized egg in some families in Metro Manila is now 7 pesos,
00:39 according to the monitoring of the Agriculture Department.
00:42 It was only 6 pesos last Sunday, August.
00:45 Here in Mega Q Mart in Quezon City,
00:47 each piece of medium-sized egg is worth 8 pesos and 50 centavos.
00:52 But aside from the price, the supply of eggs is also a challenge for egg wholesalers.
00:57 The price is constantly increasing.
00:59 Because we started at 170 pesos each, now it's 210 pesos.
01:06 The supply is lacking.
01:08 We ordered 50 trays, they will give us 30.
01:12 Even in Jensan, according to Superadio Jensan, the price of eggs has also increased by 2 pesos.
01:18 According to the Philippine Egg Board Association,
01:21 the farmgate price of eggs was only 5 pesos last August.
01:24 According to the DA, the demand is really increasing, but the supply is also increasing.
01:29 Now, they are ramping up production.
01:33 We can expect that the demand will increase again.
01:36 The price of chicken is doubled, even if the farmgate price is only 85 to 94 pesos.
01:42 Aside from that, canned meat manufacturers have a high price.
01:46 The demand for canned food is 36 centavos to 2 pesos and 50 centavos,
01:54 including corned beef, meatloaf and beefloaf.
01:57 The increase is not approved.
01:59 We are not insisting.
02:00 We are just talking about it because that's what we need.
02:04 Even for goodnight snacks, it will be expensive.
02:07 The price is 4 to 6 pesos higher than in 2022 for holiday ham, pear-shaped ham and American ham.
02:15 According to the Philippine Association of Meat Processors Incorporated,
02:18 the increase in price should be higher, but they tried to maintain the price as high as possible for those who will buy.
02:25 Even if it hurts a little, we will only increase it by 1 to 4 percent.
02:32 The price guide of DTI will be released next week.
02:36 For GMA Integrated News, Breneda Treyas, Nakatutok 24 Hours.
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