SIBU: Sarawak’s food trade balance deficit has risen since the last five years. In 2021, Sarawak recorded a deficit amounting to RM4.65bil, compared to RM3.86bil in 2018.
"To curb this deficit, my ministry has been actively pursuing the industrialisation of the agriculture sector," said Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom.
