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Twenty-four of the 42 selected agricultural commodities recorded a self-sufficiency ratio (SSR) of more than 100 per cent in 2019, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) said. — Picture by UNSPLASH

24 agricultural commodities have more than 100 pct self-sufficiency ratio in 2019

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — Twenty-four of the 42 selected agricultural commodities recorded a self-sufficiency ratio (SSR) of more than 100 per cent in 2019, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) said.

The SSR describes the extent to which the supply (production) of agricultural commodities can meet the domestic demands.

Chief Statistician Malaysia Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the SSR, which obtained 100 per cent or more indicates the supply or production of agricultural commodities is sufficient to meet the country’s demands, but the opposite shows the SSR is less than 100 per cent.

He said the supply of eleven fruits in 2019 was sufficient to fulfil the local demands with the SSR of more than 100 per cent, with watermelon recording the highest SSR of 161.3 per cent, followed by papaya (153.1 per cent) and starfruit (132.8 per cent).

However, statistics show that the highest import dependency ratio (IDR) was mango (73.5 per cent) due to the high demand for various mango varieties, he said while presenting findings from a study on the Supply and Utilisation Accounts Selected Agricultural Commodities 2015-2019 conducted by the DoSM.

Seven types of selected vegetables have adequate supply for domestic needs, namely tomato (131.2 per cent), brinjal (119.3 per cent), spinach (112.6 per cent), lettuce (112.5 per cent), cucumber (110.8 per cent), long beans (107.0 per cent), and lady’s finger (104.4 per cent).

The same goes for two of the five other crops selected, namely sugarcane (207.2 per cent) and cassava (100.1 per cent), while chilli recorded the highest IDR with 73.6 per cent.

In the livestock category, the highest SSR is chicken/duck eggs (113.6 per cent), while the lowest is mutton (12.1 per cent), making Malaysia’s import dependency on mutton higher at 87.9 per cent.

The DOSM reported that round cabbage recorded the highest per capita consumption (PCC) compared to other vegetables with consumption of 5.3 kilogrammes (kg) per year followed by mustard (4.4 kg/year) and tomato (3.6kg/year).

Three SSR over 100 per cent for fishing are cuttlefish (109.2 per cent), shrimp (102.9 per cent) and tuna (101.3 per cent). The demand for mackerel was also high with consumption of 5.7 kg per year followed by shrimp (4.1 kg/year) and tuna (2.7kg/year).

— Bernama

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