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AMPANG: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) will implement the nationwide Festive Season Maximum Price Scheme (SHMMP) for Hari Raya Aidilfitri for 15 days from March 14 to 28, involving 27 controlled items compared with 26 last year.

Its Minister, Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali, said the scheme would be enforced for seven days before the festive, one day during the festive and seven days after the celebration.

He said the determination of maximum price increases or reductions was based on analyses conducted by the ministry together with relevant agencies, taking into account prices across the supply chain, including import costs, farm prices, wholesale prices and retail price trends.

Among the items placed under the SHMMP, he said, are large onions, large red onions, small red onions (India), garlic (China), dried curly chillies, red chillies, imported buffalo meat (India), imported beef, local beef (except tenderloin), imported old ginger and tongkol fish (one to two fish per kg).

Other items include fish such as demuduk, sagai, cermin or cupak (three to five fish per kilogram), which are controlled only in Sabah; mackerel including mabung fish and selayang fish (eight to 12 fish per kilogram); Australian dal beans; long beans; peanuts; whole coconuts — maximum price only at wholesale; grated coconut — maximum price only at retail; chicken wings — controlled in Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan; imported round cabbage (Indonesia and China, excluding Beijing); carrots (China); coconut milk; green mustard leaves; cucumbers; tomatoes; and potatoes.

Armizan said the price control for imported buffalo meat (India) would only be implemented in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and the Federal Territory of Labuan, while the price of imported beef would be controlled in Sarawak.

He added that the price of local beef, excluding tenderloin, would be controlled in Peninsular Malaysia, while tongkol fish prices would only be regulated in Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan.

“Meanwhile, the prices of demuduk, sagai, cermin or cupak fish will be controlled in Sabah, while the price of chicken wings will be controlled in Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan,” he said when launching the SHMMP for Hari Raya Aidilfitri in Ampang, Selangor on Tuesday.

Armizan said there was a reduction in the maximum price for 13 items in Peninsular Malaysia compared with 2025, including imported buffalo meat (India), green mustard leaves, carrots (China), large yellow onions, large red onions, small red onions (India), garlic (China), potatoes (China), imported old ginger, dried curly chillies, whole coconuts, grated coconut and coconut milk.

He said the maximum prices of nine items remained unchanged from last year, including local beef, tongkol fish, mackerel including mabung, selayang fish, imported round cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, long beans and peanuts, while only one item recorded an increase, namely red chillies.

In Sarawak, he said the maximum prices of 11 items had been reduced compared with last year, including local beef, tongkol fish, mackerel including mabung, selayang fish, imported round cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, long beans and peanuts.

He said seven items maintained the same maximum price, while three items — whole coconuts, grated coconut and coconut milk — recorded an increase.

In Sabah, Armizan said the maximum prices of 12 items had been reduced, including imported buffalo meat (India), tomatoes, red chillies, long beans, large yellow onions, large red onions, small red onions (India), garlic (China), potatoes (China), imported old ginger, dried curly chillies and coconut milk.

“Nine items maintained the same maximum price, namely demuduk, sagai, cermin or cupak fish, mackerel including mabung, selayang fish, green mustard leaves, cucumbers, carrots (China), peanuts, whole coconuts and grated coconut. No items recorded a price increase in Sabah,” he said.