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Morocco: Tomato prices are declining and production costs have raised pepper prices

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Published Apr 15, 2022

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The ministerial committee in charge of tracking supplies and prices, and price and quality control operations, confirmed today, Thursday, that the process of supplying markets is going through in the best conditions and that the supply covers the needs of all consumer materials and products. A statement by the Ministry of Economy and Finance stated that with regard to the recorded prices, the prices of most of the materials remained stable during the second week of Ramadan compared to those recorded during the first week of it. Rather, the prices of some of them began to record a descending curve, especially the prices of some legumes, spices, lemons and tomatoes.

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The ministerial committee in charge of tracking supplies and prices, and price and quality control operations, confirmed today, Thursday, that the process of supplying markets is going through the best conditions and that the supply covers the needs of all consumer materials and products. A statement by the Ministry of Economy and Finance stated that with regard to the recorded prices, the prices of most of the materials remained stable during the second week of Ramadan compared to those recorded during the first week of it. Rather, the prices of some of them began to record a descending curve, especially the prices of some legumes, spices, lemons and tomatoes. The statement added that the committee stood on the significant rise in green pepper prices, as the average national price went from about 7.40 dirhams per kilo to about 11.60 dirhams per kilo. With regard to monitoring prices and the quality of foodstuffs, the communication ...
Source: Rue20
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