date:Feb 17, 2020
Higher prices for meat, poultry, and fish contributed to a 3.5-percent increase in food prices in New Zealand for the year ended January 2020, the largest annual rise in more than eight years. This wasstated by the countrys statistics department Stats om Friday.
Decreased pork production in China during 2019 has increased the export demand for New Zealand meat products, pushing prices up, said consumer prices manager Sarah Johnson in a statement.
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