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Bigger, sweeter and cheaper mandarin oranges for CNY
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1/4/2024
Sweeter yet easier on the pockets, this year's mandarin oranges (lokam) are going to put a big smile on the faces of consumers.
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Sweeter yet easier on the pockets, this year's Mandarin oranges or Lokum are going to put
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a big smile on the faces of consumers.
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The lower prices mean everyone can have a share of the bumper crop and delight in having
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the lunar new year must-have, which is also loved for its Chinese name, "gam", that
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rhymes with the word for gold.
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Sunshine Wholesale Mart, Sendrayan Bharat director Yi Gangming said, "Favorable weather in China
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has led to a 20 per cent increase in yield and a drop in prices."
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He said the fruits are even larger this year, reaching a peak size of 70 to 75 millimetres
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in diameter for the medium sizes and 75 to 80 millimetres for the large ones.
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Yi, who received his first shipment of over 6,000 boxes of mandarins, said the company
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would receive a total of 15.
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Because of the harvest, we consider the total production to have increased by 20 per cent.
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And the pecking size also, M size and L size, consists of 60 per cent of the production.
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He added that across all sizes, there are noticeable price drops, with the biggest observed
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in XL mandarins declining by 37 per cent.
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The price of L size mandarins is cheaper by 25 per cent, while M size has gone down by
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17 per cent.
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The smallest decrease is the S size at only 1 per cent lower.
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Besides locum, Yi said they also offer other mandarin orange varieties.
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"Besides, we also import other types of mandarin oranges like red beauty, wokkan,
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papakan and satangji.
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And this field has very high demand in China.
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And the quality is also considered the best of mandarin oranges in China.
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And although the prices are higher than local mandarin oranges."
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Malaysia, Yi said, is the second largest importer of oranges in Southeast Asia, behind Indonesia
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and ahead of Singapore.
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"The price of mandarin oranges are cheaper and the shipment is also available.
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So no more MCO.
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More consumers can buy as a gift for their friends and relatives."
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"Oh yeah!"
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"Thank you."
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