date:May 20, 2016
ch, causing vegetables prices to soar by 50 per cent. About 80 per cent of the output is consumed locally while the rest is exported to Singapore.
Over in Thailand, the hot weather has affected Thai coconut production and prices have gone up almost 100 per cent in Singapore as a result.
Coconut importer Kelvin Ngian of Siam Coconut said that the prices are the highest he has seen in 15 years.
Normally, the price would go up about 1.5 times during this period of shortage. Since January, we hav