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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Minister calls excuse for raising prices of fish, vegetables illogical

The excuse of having a shortage in supplies due to floods given by retailers and wholesalers for raising the prices of fish and vegetables nationwide by up to 100% is illogical, Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pic) said.
He said this was because there exist adequate supplies for domestic use as the east coast states hit by floods were not major producers of vegetables, except Cameron Highlands in Pahang.
"Vegetable-producing states are Selangor, Perak and Johor and these states contribute 60 to 70% of vegetable production in the country. Even in Perak, not all areas were inundated by floods.
He said this to reporters after launching the ministry's post-flood mission, involving 2,900 volunteers, to help victims in the flood-hit states.
The prices of fish and vegetables nationwide were reported to have experience a steep rise since last week, allegedly to be caused by a shortage in supplies, including in the states not affected by the floods.
Hence, Ismail Sabri called on consumers to purchase fish and vegetable at a more reasonable price as offered at 556 farmers' markets nationwide in a bid to give pressure to those retailers and wholesalers to reduce their prices.
"The ministry has also made early preparations to face the monsoon season by banning export of fish supply, such as kembong and selar, since last October to enable the supply to be purchased and frozen by the National Fishermen Association,"
"The Federal Agriculture Marketing Authority (Fama) has also imported 20% of vegetable supply to be sold at farmers' market," he added. – Bernama

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