PAPAR: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living will implement the 2024 Chinese New Year Festive Season Maximum Price Scheme (SHMMP) nationwide from Feb 6 to 14.
Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said the nine-day SHMMP involves 11 controlled items and is enforced through the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011 and enables price determination on producers, wholesalers and retailers.
He said the retail prices for white prawns are RM39 per kg in Peninsular Malaysia and RM35 per kg in Sarawak. In Sabah, the prices are RM33 per kg on the west coast and RM30 on the east coast while in Labuan it is RM36 per kg.
"Other items, including white pomfret, weighing between 200g and 400g will each be sold at a retail price of RM42 in Peninsular Malaysia, RM40 in Sarawak, RM30 in Sabah and RM35 in Labuan," he told a media conference at Dewan Terbuka, SJK (C) Cheng Hwa here yesterday.
Armizan said the maximum
retail price set for live farm pigs was RM17 per kg in the peninsula, RM15 per kg in Sarawak, RM18 per kg in the west coast of Sabah and RM18.50 in the east coast of Sabah, RM18 per kg in Labuan, while pork belly is set at RM38 in the peninsula, RM28 in Sarawak, RM39 in Sabah and RM40 in Labuan.
As for pork (meat and fat), the price set for the peninsula and Sarawak is RM27 per kg, Sabah and Labuan (RM33 per kg); imported round cabbage (Indonesia and China excluding Beijing) at RM3.50 per kg in the peninsula, RM3 in Sarawak (but RM4.50 in Limbang and Lawas) and RM3.50 in Sabah and Labuan.
Other controlled price items include imported potatoes (China) at RM3.50 in the peninsula, RM4 in Sarawak, except in Limbang and Lawas at RM4.50, RM4 in the west coast of Sabah, RM4.50 in the east coast of Sabah and RM4 in Labuan.
Garlic (China) in the peninsula, Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan is set at RM11, imported ginger in the peninsula and Sarawak at RM11.50, west coast of Sabah at RM12.50, east coast of Sabah and Labuan at RM13.
Imported white radish in the peninsula and Sarawak at RM5 except in Limbang and Lawas (RM6), west coast of Sabah (RM5), east coast of Sabah and Labuan (RM5.50); red radish in the peninsula (RM4.50), Sarawak (RM5) except in Limbang and Lawas (RM6), west coast of Sabah (RM5), east coast of Sabah (RM7) and Labuan (RM5).
Armizan said stern action would be taken against any trader who fails to comply with the price controls. --Bernama