Singaporeans in a flap at Malaysian chicken export curbs


A vendor prepares a plate of chicken rice at a hawker centre in Singapore. The city-state imports a third of its chicken supply from Malaysia, which halts the export of 3.6 million chickens a month from today onwards, amid surging prices and supply concerns. – AFP pic, June 1, 2022.

LONG queues at stalls selling a popular chicken dish, increasing prices and warnings about supply disruptions – Singaporeans are in a flap due to curbs on poultry exports from Malaysia. 

Malaysia’s move to halt exports of 3.6 million chickens a month, which kicks in today, is the latest protectionist move in Asia aimed at tackling domestic shortages and taming surging inflation.


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