New details about the bread crisis
Sudan Events – Rehab Abdullah
The Secretary-General of the Atbara Chamber of Commerce, Seif El-Din Muqallad, acknowledged the existence of a bread crisis in the Nile River State, due to the increase in the prices of flour and bread production inputs such as yeast, which its prices have greatly doubled and affected the bread industry which use to rely on the domestic product (Sayga and Seen), which was it is mixed with flour coming from Egypt due to its low prices compared to other types of flour, pointing out that this was achieving a balance in prices. He confirmed that this had an actual impact on the cost of bread making, due to a number of factors that contributed to the increase in the cost of bread. Most notably the outbreak of the war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Militia, which affected the supply of goods, including flour, in addition to the rise in the exchange rate, as well as the increase in fees and taxes during the current year, pointing to an agreement made between bakery owners and economic affairs to adjust the value of selling bread from 50 pounds per piece to 60 per piece, which necessitated this agreement to go beyond previous decisions regarding the selling price of bread. However, Saif Al-Din confirmed that there is currently stability in bread and its availability.
Regarding the flour commodity, Saif revealed attempts by the state’s economic affairs to provide a strategic stock of flour in coordination with the Atbara Chamber of Commerce and its relations with flour suppliers in the state. He pointed out that Egyptian flour has some flaws, such as it cannot withstand storage for long periods, and he stressed that providing the stock will help prevent any problem in the future in providing bread to citizens.
