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The apocalypse of chicken in Singapore, because of neighboring countries?

Frozen Whole Chicken
Malaysia
Singapore
Published Jun 4, 2022

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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - The phenomenon of the chicken slaughter crisis is currently hitting Singapore. Scarcity has even hit the business and consumption of the people of the Lion Country. What happened? This is due to neighboring Malaysia, which stopped all chicken exports abroad as of June 1. Singapore, which relies on 34% is affected. Citing Channel News Asia (CNA), Malaysia itself was hit by a chicken crisis. This made Prime Minister (PM) Ismail Sabri Yaakob, issued a ban on chicken exports at the end of May, to control the need for poultry meat in the country. Malaysian production has decreased due to several factors, namely increasing chicken production costs, infectious diseases, and weather conditions. This decline also pushed up the price of chicken. In addition, Kuala Lumpur is currently investigating the alleged chicken cartel. They also smelled that there were allegations that the cartel had set prices and production. "The sudden announcement by Malaysia is likely to ...
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