War Expansion: Threating Commodities and Services

Report by: Nahid Oshi

The expansion of the war zone to the central states and the preparedness campaign in the rest of the states and their cities resulted in an increase in the prices of consumer goods and the absence of some of them amid expectations of the closure of commercial stores. In Al-Kamlin Locality, north of Medani, the price of a kilo of sugar reached ranges from 1,600 to 4,000 pounds, with the difficulty of obtaining it and the lack of oils, rice, and lentils. Citizen Eyas Mohammed Ali pointed out the difficulty of accessing goods and commodities, with the lack of flour and the complete cessation of all bakeries, which resulted in a lack of bread. He said in his interview with (Sudan Events).
If the situation continues as it is, we expect all shops to close by the end of this week due to a lack ofcommodities.
Successive Rise:
The River Nile River State was far from the course of the major rise in commodities, as the villages of the River Nile State witnessed a succession of food prices, as the price of 36 pounds of bean oil rose after Medani events from 37,000 to 48,000 to 56,000 pounds. Trader Moaz Siraj pointed out that the price of a 50-kilo sack of sugar rose from 62 thousand to 64 thousand pounds, while a pound of tea reached 4 thousand pounds and a kilo of vermicelli 500 pounds, macaroni 500 pounds, a kilo of lentils 1,500 pounds, a kilo of rice 1,000 pounds, a kilo of milk 8,000
Onion price drop:
In Khartoum State, it witnessed
The prices of consumer goods in the Sharq Al-Nil locality have increased significantly. Citizen Walaa Haider said that there is an increase in the prices of vegetables, as a kilo of potatoes reached 3,000 pounds, and a kilo of eggplants reached 2,500 pounds, while the price of a kilo of lemons reached 2,000 pounds, while onion prices witnessed a noticeable decline, as the price of a quarter of an onion fell to 6,000 pounds instead of 8 thousand pounds, 4 and a half liters of oil reached 14 thousand pounds, 10 kilos of sugar 24 thousand pounds, a bag of flour weighing 25 kilos reached 30 thousand pounds, a plate of eggs 5 thousand and 500 pounds, a kilo of meat 8 thousand pounds, and minced meat 9 thousand, indicating scarcity in the tomato crop, as a kilo of it reached 5 thousand pounds and a kilo of okra reached 2 thousand and 500 pounds. A pound of tea costs 1,000 pounds, macaroni costs 700 pounds, vermicelli costs 700 pounds, and a kilo of lentils costs 1,500 pounds.
A quarter of flour rose from 6,000 pounds to 8,000 pounds, a pound of milk rose 500 pounds, while the price of 10 pieces of bread reached 1,000 pounds.
Transportation tariff:
Crop prices in Dongola markets in the northern state witnessed a double increase for some commodities, as a sack of Egyptian beans rose from 60 to 110 thousand pounds, a sack of wheat from 30 to 45 thousand, and a sack of dates (Qondala) reached 45 thousand.
Citizen Samo’al Awad pointed out that a bag of onions reached 100,000 pounds, and the price of 10 kilograms of sugar rose from 10,000 to 14,000 pounds, while 5 kilograms rose to 7,000 instead of 5,500, and 50 kilograms of sugar reached 70,000 pounds.
Regarding the prices of building materials, Samo’al explained that a 6-meter American zinc plate reached 30,000 pounds
The price of the pipe was 4×8 = 25thousand, and a ton of Egyptian imported cement reached 150 thousand while the local one is 170 thousand. A barrel of gasoline reached 291 thousand pounds
The internal transportation tariff increased from 2,000 pounds to 3,000 pounds.