Taiwan News
Date: 2016-01-24
By: Ko Lin, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Fresh vegetable prices in Taipei have gone up by 13 percent as a result of 
the cold weather blanketing the island, the Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Co (TAPM) revealed Sunday.
The TAPM revealed that fruit and vegetable wholesalers have purchased a total of 1,565 metric tons of agriculture produce in the morning, priced at NT$32.9 per kilogram on average, which is 13 percent higher than the average NT$29.1/kg on Saturday.
The company said the rise was due to a depleting stockpile in Taipei as demand for vegetables in restaurants across the city has gone up amid the cold front. [FULL STORY]
