Damascus-Sana
Most of the foodstuffs, vegetables and fruits on the market recorded a significant drop in prices, at rates ranging between 15 and 25 percent, according to a number of citizens and sellers.
During a tour by SANA's reporter on the market and a number of shops, vegetables and fruits with mezze, the price of a kilogram of tomatoes ranged between 500 and 600 liras, a kilo of eggplant 800 pounds, municipal cucumbers, 1300 liras, lemons 1,000 pounds, pepper 2,500 pounds, 500 dry onions, potatoes, Spunta 1,000 pounds, and excellent green garlic. 1600 pounds.
And recorded in the merchants' price list, the price of an egg dish is 6000 liras and a liter of soy oil is 7100 liras, sunflower 7300 liras, and vegetable ghee 2 kg 15700 pounds and a kilo of encapsulated sugar 1700 liras and a kilo of "normal encapsulated" rice excellent quality 2100 pounds and white kabsa 3300 pounds and a kilo of vermicelli and pasta 3000 pounds A pound and a kilo of flour "white wrapped" is 2000 pounds.
Khaled Mando, the owner of a wholesale and retail store of foodstuffs, consumer goods and detergents attributed the reasons for the decline to the start of the implementation of the provisions of Decree No. 8 and the obligation of merchants to invoices in addition to the governmental measures taken to reduce the exchange rate and the continuation of the control patrols of the internal trade directorates by intensifying their rounds on the markets and monitoring the extent of the application of the price bulletin issued by them. .
The movement in the Mezze market, vegetable and fruit and commercial stores does not differ from what it has witnessed since the beginning of the blessed Ramadan in terms of crowding, but it shows a difference in the reactions of consumers and sellers who, in their statements to SANA, expressed a state of satisfaction as a result of the gradual decline in prices wishing to continue to decline to lower levels, which helps support The purchasing power of citizens and increased movement in the markets.
Abu Tariq Al-Sahli, an egg seller in Sheikh Saad market, explained that the gradual decrease in the price of eggs since the first day of last week from 7,000 to 6,500 pounds to 6,200 pounds and two days ago it reached 6,000 pounds, indicating the positive reflection of the decrease on the market movement and the increase in buying by citizens.
Abu Majed Mahfouz, a seller of potatoes, onions and garlic in the Mezzeh vegetable and fruit market, indicated a decrease in the prices of the items he sells from 400 to 700 pounds per kilo of potatoes and onions, expecting the prices to continue falling due to price controls from the directorates of internal trade, consumer protection and the start of the summer season.
Citizen Shams Haffar, while purchasing some of the necessities, drew attention to the difference in prices, while Umm Hamza pointed out that there is a tangible difference in the prices of vegetables compared to last week.
Mansour Muhammad and Murad Al-Homsi indicated that the decline is noticeable, but it is taking place slowly, in contrast to the crazy highs that prices have reached at an incredible speed, indicating that the percentage of decline in oils, ghee, sugar, rice and other basic household items reaches about 25 percent.
In its bulletin issued yesterday, the Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection set the prices of basic materials and commodities, as it showed that the prices of a number of these materials are higher than the prices in the market, for example, the prices of encapsulated sugar, "soy and sunflower" oils, margarine, pasta and noodles.
Ali Ajeeb
