Egg and chicken prices may go up

Open market: A shopkeeper arranging eggs for sale at a wholesale shop in Kuala Lumpur. Consumers are likely to pay slightly more for chicken and eggs once the ceiling prices and subsidies are removed on July 1. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Regular Grade A, B and C eggs may cost 10sen more, and chicken prices hover at about RM9 per kilo when the ceiling price for the items is lifted.

The prices of the two items will fluctuate over the next several months depending on supply, with consumers likely to pay more initially before prices stabilise.