MAFS denies increase in price of local white rice
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has denied that there is an increase in the price of local white rice as asserted by certain quarters. – EPA pic, June 28, 2023.
“We have also taken early preventive measures by setting the maximum price for the sale of local white rice at RM2,250 per metric tonne at the factory level and RM2,540 per metric tonne at the wholesale level for the past two weeks. Previously, there were media reports saying the price of super special local and imported white rice had increased by 10 to 15%.
“Therefore, I hope that no party will play up this issue and turn it into a polemic in the country,” he said.
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