Downpour in Taiwan lifts veg prices by 30%
Consecutive days of torrential rain damaged most crops in central and southern Taiwan, causing the average wholesale price for vegetables to soar 52 percent from NT$25.53 (US$0.85) per kilogram to NT$35.9 on Sunday.
Leafy green vegetables reported the steepest wholesale price hike, prices of Taiwan sword leaf lettuce or known as "A tsai" quadrupled from NT$20 to NT$50 per kilogram, while bok choy prices increased 2.8 times from NT$16 to NT$50 per kilogram, said Kou Jung-Jui, sales manager of New Taipei City Fruit and Vegetable Marketing Co.
Napa cabbage prices also soared from NT$10.1 to NT$23.1, while cucumber prices rose more than 80 percent as of Sunday. Overall the average fruit wholesale price declined, but a couple of fruits reported skyrocketing prices, such as banana wholesale prices jumping from NT$10 to an upper price of NT$80 per kilogram.
Total crop losses reached an estimated NT$57.52 million as of Sunday night, with Yunlin County being the most affected, recording a loss of NT$24.21 million.
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