Malaysian Agriculture and Food Security Minister approached the Indian Embassy at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia seeking to export Indian eggs to their country as Malaysia has been facing shortage of table eggs for the past few months.  As chicken and eggs are part of their staple food, it is considered as a serious food security issue by the Malaysian Government.  Based on the Malaysian Minister’s request, the High Commissioner of India at Kuala Lumpur shot off a letter to the Union Government on December 12 detailing the shortage of eggs in Malaysia and their interest in importing the same from India.

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) and the Animal Quarantine and Certification Services (AQCS) expedited the certification process and facilitated trial “First ever shipment of eggs” from Namakkal, Tamil Nadu to Malaysia.  Around 90000 eggs were air lifted from the Tiruchirapalli airport on 14.12.2022 which landed in Malaysia in the morning hours of 15.12.2022.

The exports are expected to continue once the trial shipment is approved and accepted by Malaysians. This information given by Smt. Shobana Kumar, Regional Head, APEDA, Chennai.

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