Tachileik chicken egg prices range from 4 to 5 baht depending on size, contradicting Thai media reports of up to 15 baht

Mekong, September 21 Despite crackdowns on the import of food and consumer goods into Tachileik via Bridge 1 using trishaws and small vehicles, local residents told Mekong that chicken eggs are still available for purchase at prices ranging from 4 to 5 baht, depending on their size. Local residents have responded that reports from some Thai news agencies, claiming that chicken eggs have risen to 15 baht per egg in Tachileik due to the crackdowns, are inaccurate. "I just went to buy them. Ten eggs cost 40, 45, or 50 baht. Even homemade eggs are 10 baht each. The price of chicken eggs hasn't increased significantly. It's only about a 5 baht increase for ten eggs," a person who personally went to buy chicken eggs from Wang Kaw ward told Mekong around 4 PM on September 21. Some Thai news agencies have reported that due to crackdowns by the Myanmar military, commodity flow has slowed, causing chicken egg prices in Tachileik to reach up to 15 baht per egg, and some Myanmar news agencies have also translated and reported this. Since September 15, crackdowns have been underway in Tachileik on the Myanmar side against the import of meat, fish, and vegetables from the Mae Sai side via trishaws and vans, leading to goods being carried by hand and a price increase of 20% to 40%, according to local residents. However, local residents stated that the claim of chicken eggs costing 15 baht each is untrue, and the price is only 5 baht. #MeKongNews #Tachileik #EggPrice #Foodstuffs #FrozenMeatFish #EggPrices Photo caption – Chicken eggs in Tachileik