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Fruit prices surge in local markets due to high transport costs
Traders report rising shipping and freight expenses driven by difficult routes and border challenges.
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- 0:01Fruit prices have surged across local
- 0:04markets due to sharply higher
- 0:05transportation expenses
- 0:08Festive fruit prices have risen amid
- 0:10steep freight and shipping costs
- 0:14Maritime shipping container costs have tripled
- 0:16in recent periods
- 0:19Road transport expenses have quadrupled due
- 0:21to route challenges
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