Saudi Arabia: Price hikes of cardamom exceeded half of its price, and eggs rose by 29%

In a recent report, the Statistics Authority revealed that the price of local eggs increased by about 29% during a whole year, specifically in December 2020 compared to the same period of 2019, so that the price of the dish reached 16.92 riyals compared to 13.13 riyals. The prices of Indian cardamom continued to rise sharply, and the rate of increase reached about 52%, and the price of the kilo reached 211 riyals compared to 139 riyals, with an increase of 72 riyals per kilo, and the American cardamom also continued to rise by 42%, to sell the kilo at 198 riyals compared to 139 riyals. The report pointed out that the Egyptian “Abu Surra orange” recorded a remarkable increase by 34%. The kilo is currently sold at 6.48 riyals compared to 4.84 riyals, in addition to the rise of “plums” by 21%, so that the price of a kilo is 13.9 riyals compared to prices that were previously at the level of 11.53 SAR. With regard to construction materials, the price of "national gypsum" increased by ...