Subsidies to local primary producers and wholesale traders operating in fresh food wholesale markets are being disbursed from today, the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department announced.

The department said 2,847 applications for the subsidy scheme of $10,000 to each local primary producer under the second round of the Anti-epidemic Fund have been received, with 1,294 approved involving a total of $12,940,000.

A total of 346 applications to the scheme to provide a subsidy of $40,000 to each eligible wholesale trader operating in fresh food wholesale markets were also received with 148 approved involving a total of $5,920,000.

The application periods of the two schemes will end on June 1.

Additionally, 57 borrowers have participated in the arrangement of a one-off interest-free deferral of loan repayment for one year under the Fisheries Development Loan Fund, it said.