While in Kucing, Sarawak, I was informed that the Ministry of Agriculture have released their recommendations and kertas kerja to the cabinet.
This Friday, if there was no changes, the paper will be tabled and whatever the outcome we need to listen and be informed.
Today during the GAHP Seminar, I listen carefully to a few people who provide a very interesting news that I would like to share with all of you out there.
The President of the bird nest traders indicated that due to those bird flu news in Indonesia, the Chinese Authorities will ban bird nests products from Indonesia.
As far as I know, if this is true, the price of both raw and processed bird nests from other countries will be going up.
This is due to the very fact that currently Indonesia is the major exporter of bird nests in the world. Out of 4 billion worth of total sales, Indonesia share is more then 60%.
This is a very good news to Malaysian bird house owners.
I was also informed that about 5-6 months ago the Veterinary head and a Dato visited the Chinese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur and the matter about Malaysian Bird nests export to China was discussed.
The Embassy was very concern over the continuous Bird Flu reported in Indonesia and they wanted a kind of evidences that Malaysia is free from Bird Flu.
The Malaysia Authorities managed to sort out the matter and we were given a clean bill of health.
So if you should hear the price keep deeping, you need to blame those middleman. They are the culprit.
If I were the President of the bird nests exported, or associations I will look into this issue seriously. We need to find a mechanism to ensure that the bird nest price is stable and reasonable.
At the moment, those middle man are pushing the prices down to reap as much benefits as they can and doing as little as compared to those Birdhouse owners like us.
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