Malaysia: Camerons’ strawberry prices hit rock bottom due to MCO

Published 2021년 2월 6일

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Strawberry farmers in Cameron Highlands are selling their produce at up to 70% discount due to a lack of sales during the second movement control order (MCO). Regular prices range from RM30 to RM35 per kilo, but current prices are RM10 to RM12 a kilo. The president of Cameron Highlands’ Vegetable Farmers Organisation, Chai Kok Lim, stated that farmers are willing to suffer small losses to avoid not selling at all. The unsold bumper crops remain unreached due to lack of demand and difficulty in selling online. Only local buyers, in small numbers, are making purchases.

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CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Strawberry farmers here have been forced to sell their produce at prices with discounts of up to 70%, due to almost no sales since the start of the second movement control order (MCO). Instead of the usual price of RM30 to RM35 per kilo, the strawberries now sell at RM10 to RM12 a kilo, with smaller berries used for juice-making being sold at RM8/kilo for those buying in larger quantities. This was revealed by Cameron Highlands’ Vegetable Farmers Organisation president Chai Kok Lim, who said farmers have cut prices as they would rather suffer a “small loss” than not sell anything at all. He said the strawberries on sale now are the cream of the crop, as those harvested between January and March are the sweetest, compared with the year-end crop which was less sweet. According to Chai, each farmer can harvest one tonne of strawberries per acre from January to March compared with 500kg from October to December. He said with no demand and the difficulty of selling ...

Source: Freemalaysiatoday