Pork Prices Spike Japan
JAPAN - Outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) in the country are partly blamed for a 20 per cent rise in pork prices over the last year.
30 October 2014
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By: In the Minato meat market in Tokyo, this week, wholesale pork prices were up 10 per cent from the previous week's average, according to Nikkei.
This represents a 20 per cent increase from a year ago, when outbreaks of PED began in Japan.
The price rise has reportedly been exacerbated by retailers ahead of the coming three-day weekend for Culture Day.
