Price Comparison: Price of a Pineapple in Asia

Travelers and expatriates in many parts of Asia will find a whole array of fruits, both familiar and exotic to choose from but depending upon where you are in Asia, prices and availability will vary greatly (especially if you are in north rather than south Asia). Hence, the Asian Wall Street Journal’s weekly Arbitrage column has recently conducted a survey of prices for pineapples in Asia and around the world and found, to no one’s surprise, that the price of a pineapple is highest in Tokyo at equivalent of US$5.88. On the other hand, the price of pineapples in the Southeast Asian cities of Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta proved to be the lowest on the list for Asian cities.

Price Comparison*

Tokyo	535 Yen	US$5.88
Shanghai	39 Yuan	US$6.69
Seoul	6,000 Won	US$4.92
Singapore	S$4.49	US$3.16
Hong Kong	HK$23	US$2.97
Bangkok	48 Baht	US$1.41
Manila	56 Pesos	US$1.14
Kuala Lumpur	2.60 Ringgit	US$0.74
Jakarta	6.317 Rupiah	US$0.63

* Prices are based upon foreign exchange rates as of September 15, 2009.