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Swine fever set to push up pork prices

Import prices up 10% since April amid outbreak in Asia; importers have absorbed increases so far

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Pork is the second most consumed meat in Singapore after chicken, with some 126,300 tonnes imported last year.

Pork is the second most consumed meat in Singapore after chicken, with some 126,300 tonnes imported last year.

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Tiffany Fumiko Tay

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That plate of char siew or roast pork rice may soon cost more.
Pork prices here are set to rise as the pig disease sweeping through Asia continues to disrupt global supply.
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