Seeing red over greens: Veggies top list of price hikes at 18%


KUALA LUMPUR: Vegetables top the list of price increase with an average hike of 18%.

Chillies ranked the highest with a rise of between 46% and 88%, according to the Statistics Department of Malaysia which tracked the prices of 100 items in the category of food and essentials for households between June 2018 and July 2019.

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