Swine fever set to push up pork prices

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

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. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
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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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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on June 18, 2019, with the headline Swine fever set to push up pork prices. Subscribe