LABUAN: Consumers and traders on this duty-free island have been reminded of a worsening sugar shortage, as the local division of the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry struggles to quietly control the possible surging prices.
Division director Junaidah Arbain said the sugar stock on the island was experiencing a severe shortage due to the late shipment and lack of supply to meet domestic demands.
She said the ministry had approved nine wholesalers here to import sugar from two main suppliers in the peninsula, namely the Central Sugars Refinery Shah Alam, Selangor, and the Malayan Sugar Refinery Perlis and Johor. Junaidah said Labuan needed at least 120 tonnes of sugar every month for its estimated 110,000 population, but the monthly supply received from the two suppliers was insufficient, and imports were also delayed by the late shipment, exacerbating the supply crunch.
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