How shielded is Cambodia to this cost of living crisis I keep reading about?

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nemo wrote:
Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 7:33 pm
John Bingham wrote:
xandreu wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 8:30 pm So far however, I haven't noticed a rise in food or energy prices in Cambodia and life seems to be continuing as normal.
Gasoline has gone up about 46 cents a liter since the start of the year - from $0.92 to $1.38. That's about a 50% increase and is bound to have knock on effects on the price of other goods.

https://take-profit.org/en/statistics/g ... /cambodia/

Food prices have been steadily climbing too. :?
Cooking gas used to be around $12 for 12kg and I heard it's gone up to $50 now. Living costs and inflation are definitely up here as well. Even the price of eggs has gone up considerably.
no. I just paid $18 last week
My bad. It did sound outrageous. Still a significant increase though, but gas prices fluctuate all the time.
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The price of eggs went up 100r each this week where I get them.
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atst wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:52 pm
Kammekor wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 8:46 pm
atst wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 8:19 pm
I'm still paying $25 same for the last few years not sure of the size but the bottle is about a meter high.
When was the last time you filled it up?
Yesterday
Strange. Mid march 2022 LPG went up at least 500-600r per liter (filling bottles goes per KG so the increase per KG will be almost double) and the price never came down, I believe it only went up more since.
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In Australia Thai and Cambodian rice now $4.50 a kg. How much in Cambodia? What do farmers get for their rice now.
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willyhilly wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 5:25 pm In Australia Thai and Cambodian rice now $4.50 a kg. How much in Cambodia? What do farmers get for their rice now.
Yesterday I bought 50 kg for 170.000r, about 0,83$ per kilo. Used to be 150.000r. Not the best, medium quality.

Back in the Netherlands a kg of first quality rice would cost me about € 2 (2,10$) last month, but that was packaged per kilo, not in a large quantity. The Ozzie price seems a bit high at first sight.
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willyhilly wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 5:25 pm In Australia Thai and Cambodian rice now $4.50 a kg. How much in Cambodia? What do farmers get for their rice now.
Phuket Big C
125-185 baht/5 kilos $3.95-5.00/kilo

If you buy 50 kilos at Makro its 15% less
the rice we eat is 160 baht/5 kilos
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willyhilly wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 5:25 pm In Australia Thai and Cambodian rice now $4.50 a kg. How much in Cambodia? What do farmers get for their rice now.
There are two kinds at the grocery shop i buy my rice : 2,000r/kg for lower quality and 2,500r/kg (USD 0.60).
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Everything has gone up everywhere & theres really no justification for it. No matter what one thinks, its just all wanting to fist their fellow man.

Dog treats, I realised yesterday they have doubled in price in a year. Thats not because of higher staffing costs, rents, taxes or ingredients. Thats just a chain of twats wanting to make more.

Many will perish due to this ongoing fuckery, I wish most of you the best & my one tip is buy in bulk now, tomorrow prices will be up
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