The price of grape leaves increased; a kilo was recorded at 90 pounds in the transit market in Egypt

The prices of the transit market jumped today for vegetables such as grape leaves, which amounted to 90 pounds instead of 80 yesterday, and reached 120 pounds in the retail market instead of 100 pounds. Hussein Abdel Rahman, the head of the Farmers Syndicate, confirmed that the prices of stuffing vegetables do not decrease at all during the month of Ramadan, and that the current season of the month of fasting coincides with the intervals between winter and summer, and the prices are multiplied several times. Abdel Rahman explained that the price of green pepper or chilli was recorded in the transit market at 25 pounds, the consumer 35 pounds, the white eggplant per kilo 30 pounds in the transit market, the consumer 40 pounds, the black eggplant 25 pounds, and the consumer 35 pounds. Merchants in the wholesale market confirmed that the price of grape leaves is witnessing an unprecedented rise, because what is available in the transit market is considered omens that coincide with ...