Taiwan: Gherkin price 90% up

According to a report on the website ettoday.net, the accounting head office announced the Consumption Price Index (CPI) for October on November 8. Due to the prolonged effect of the typhoon and the unremitting rain, the price of vegetables has gone up by 36.53% compared to the month before. Fruit has also increased slightly by 2.96%. Driven by the higher price for food products, as well as new products going on sale in the autumn-winter period and the oil price that has been stabilised, the monthly increase of the CPI was fixed at 1.45%. The increase on yearly basis is at 1.7%. Among all products, the price of gherkins has been inflated by 90.07%, that of celery by 53.24% and Qingjiang cabbage by 53.07%. Moreover, papaya is now 19.65% more expensive and the normal cabbage price went up by 13.31%. These 5 vegetables and fruits showed the largest increase in price. 

Source: www.taiwan.cn