The prices of vegetables and basic food in Myanmar have more than doubled

At the end of December 2023, the wholesale price of 100 cabbages was around 50,000-100,000 kyats, and recently at least around 240,000 kyats. Similarly, in 2023, the price of half a cabbage was 750-800 kyats, and currently the highest price for half a cabbage is 4,000 kyats, which has increased by more than 4 times. The prices of other vegetables, such as tomatoes, roselle leaves, lettuce, kale, etc., have also increased by nearly 2 times in 6 months. The reason for the nearly 2-fold increase in vegetable prices is that vegetables Shortage, transportation costs and worker costs have increased. A vendor at the Deningong Vegetable Wholesale Market in Yangon said that the cost of delivering vegetables to the Deningong Market, including fares and workers' loading and unloading fees, has increased by nearly 2 times compared to before. Then the vegetables are still in short supply from time to time, and the vehicles all the way to Yangon, ...