The markets are recording a drop in the prices of vegetables and fruits in this second week of the month of Ramadan.
With the exception of some vegetables whose price is still untouchable.
You will all have certainly noticed it in the markets of Algiers, where everywhere else in the country, prices are becoming unaffordable, even for so-called well-to-do families. The report is such that the basket of the housewife becomes thinner and thinner and the Algerian families are sanctioned by an unprecedented social crisis. However, the prices recorded in the stalls of fruits and vegetables in Algeria recently recorded a significant drop.
From the beginning of the month of Ramadan, the prices of various food products have experienced a dizzying increase. Suffice to say that for poor families, it is a painful daily life and these families are only surviving in extremely difficult conditions. To find out the real prices, Echorouk went to the Boufarik wholesale market. Main supplier of the capital and its surroundings.
The price of some vegetables has improved significantly. Indeed, the zucchini goes for 40 DA whereas it sold for more than 140 DA ten days ago. The tomato, meanwhile, is displayed at 60 DA, the carrot at 45 DA, and the beans at 40 DA. While turnips are sold at 45 DA, peas at 90 DA. In addition, onions are sold at 30 DA, beets at 70 DA, and cauliflower at 45 DA.
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While the price of potatoes in Algeria does not decline. An essential and fundamental element of social peace, which has maintained its rise in recent days. This, with prices that exceed the ordinary budget. In fact, its price exceeded one hundred (100) DA this week. This to reach 110 DA per kilogram.
Another food whose price remains inaccessible. Sold at up to 800 DA per kilo against 500 dinars before the start of Ramadan, bananas have once again become out of reach for Algerian households. It is currently sold at around 500 DA per kilogram. Despite efforts to lower its price, it remains untouchable.
