It’s going to get more expensive

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PETALING JAYA: Imported white rice will get more costly going by past trends on global prices, says the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry.

“The trading price is about US$700 (RM3,272) per tonne now. We anticipate that international rice prices will continue to rise,” said the ministry’s Agricultural Industry Development Division secretary Datuk Azman Mahmood.