Prices of eggs in Singapore have risen thrice since August

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The prices of fresh eggs here have continued to rise as the supply shortfall widens.

This after another farm in Malaysia was suspended in September — the third in six months — from exporting eggs to Singapore.

This is so despite the three suspended farms accounting for less than 8 per cent of Singapore’s total supply (1.68 billion eggs last year).

In the past three weeks alone, a few supermarket chains have raised the prices of eggs several times.

In Sheng Siong, a box of 30 eggs will now set you back S$5.95 (from S$5.60 last week and S$4.30 in September).

At NTUC FairPrice stores, fresh eggs now cost between S$1.95 and S$5.70 for a pack (from between S$1.90 and S$5.55 at the end of last month).

Egg prices at Giant have also increased by about 4 to 7 per cent in the past three to four months, said a Dairy Farm Group spokesperson.

Mr Tan Lau Huah, chairman of the Eggs Import/Export Trading Association, said wholesale prices of eggs are now at a record high of almost S$2.40 per dozen.

Mr Tan expects prices to remain unchanged for the next two weeks as demand is likely to subside only after Deepavali.