Conclusions
This study extracts information from food consumption and household food expenditures in Singapore to identify opportunities for Malaysian agricultural exports. It is identified that Singaporean consumers tend to demand for high quality poultry, pork, seafood, vegetables, and fruits in future, particularly in response to income growth. At the mean time, Malaysia is seemingly rich in the production of these food commodities and commits to exports for the excess of the supplies. While facing competition from various countries, Malaysia still possesses various competitive advantages over the other countries, in terms of commitment in consistent supply of high quality and safe food products, lower transportation costs, country-of-origin effect, and halal issues.
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