KUALA LUMPUR: There is a price increase in 67 of the 100 food and essential household items in the country and vegetables topped the list with an average of 18% hike, says the Statistics Department.
The department, which tracked the prices of the items nationwide between June 2018 and July this year, said two types of chillies and cili padi saw an increase of 88%, 66% and 46% respectively.
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