Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Sunday said imported eggs will be available in the market in the current week.
He said considering the market situation the government allowed 15 traders to import around 15 crore eggs in order to price control through increasing the supply of eggs in the domestic market.
Munshi said this while speaking as the chief guest in the opening of selling 5 subsidised products among one crore family card holders nationwide in the month of October by Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) at Dhanmondi in the capital.
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Out of 15 traders, seven have opened Letters of Credit (LCs) and the first shipment of imported eggs is expected to enter the country this week, he said.
Several conditions were given for importing eggs, he said adding one of which is the eggs must be free from avian influenza or bird flu virus and harmful bacteria and the exporting country must submit a certificate a certificate on it to the government.
Munshi said that to ensure transparency and accountability in the distribution of TCB cards, the work of converting one crore cards into smart cards is in the final stage.
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Tapan Kanti Ghosh, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, spoke as a special guest on the occasion. TCB Chairman Brigadier General Md. Ariful Hasan PSC and Dhaka North City Corporation Ward No. 15 Councilor Rafiqul Islam Babla were present among others.