Yesterday, vegetable prices continued to rise with the advent of the month of Ramadan, so that the price of one kilogram of potatoes exceeded 70 dinars and zucchini 100 dinars. The price of one kilogram of tomatoes exceeded 130 dinars in the wholesale price, amidst the amazement of the citizen who became unable to face the prices, in light of the maintenance of circumstantial solutions. itself.
The Secretary-General of the Algerian Organization for Consumer Protection, Hamza Belabbes, stated that there is a match in the prices of agricultural products between the North and the South in the absence of competition. Because of the intermediaries tightening their grip on the market using the phone, and revealing the presence of informal brokers playing the role of mediating between the wholesalers and the farmer to control the commercial chain and keep the situation as it is.
The peas kept their height in the wholesale market, reaching a kilogram of between 100 and 130 dinars per kilogram, the consumer stopping between 130 dinars to 160 dinars, and the price of a kilogram of lettuce ranged between 100 to 120 dinars per kilogram in the wholesale, bringing the retail market to 150 dinars. The price of a kilogram of sweet pepper ranged between 80 and 100 dinars per kg in the wholesale market, and the choice ranged between 80 and 90 dinars per kilogram at the wholesale price, noting that the difference between the wholesale price and the retail price in various of these products ranges from 20 to 30 dinars.
In the wholesale markets, the prices of vegetables and fruits remained high with the onset of the holy month of Ramadan. With the exception of some types of vegetables that did not find a way to market due to the lack of demand for them, such as cauliflower, which I threw large quantities of in the wholesale market for vegetables and fruits at Al-Hataba, and I continued the potatoes and tomatoes , Lettuce, green beans, and other varieties, which increased despite calls by the authorities for traders to reduce prices during this month.
For its part, fruit prices continued to rise as well, as the wholesale price of lemons ranged between 140 and 180 dinars per kilogram, local oranges between 80 and 200 dinars, local apples between 250 and 450 dinars, dala’a between 110 and 120 dinars per kilogram, yellow watermelon between 200 and 240 dinars. , Cantaloupe between 230 and 240 AD, bananas between 250 and 260 AD, and dates between 270 and 700 AD, to reach the consumer’s table at fantastic prices.
The price of a kilogram of potatoes in the wholesale market has risen from 60 to 65 dinars, and consumers reach 75 and 80 dinars per kilogram, and the price of dry onions has reached 40 dinars in the wholesale and 60 dinars in retail, while the price of tomatoes exceeded all expectations, ranging between 130 and 150 dinars per kg in the market. Wholesale is sold in retail, with a profit margin of 20-30 AD. The wholesale price of lettuce increased to 100 AD, bringing the consumer 150 AD per kg, while green beans were sold between 200 and 250 AD in the wholesale market, reaching the retail market between 250 AD to 300 AD, and red beans between 300 to 350 AD in the wholesale market, and white beans. Between 400 AD to 450 AD in the wholesale market.
