Traders confirmed that it is temporary and limited ... and attributed it to the increase in demand and seasonal variations

Consumers: Various increases in prices of local vegetables

• Tomatoes, cucumbers and green peppers are among the most prominent items that have witnessed increases in their prices.

  Emirates today

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Consumers reported that varieties of vegetables of local origin have recently witnessed price rises in varying proportions in various outlets, compared to their prices prior to Ramadan, noting that tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage and green peppers are among the most prominent varieties that have witnessed increases.

For their part, traders and officials of Troyed Vegetables and Fruits companies confirmed that some varieties have already witnessed limited and temporary increases, concentrated in local vegetables.

They explained to "Emirates Today" that this is due to several factors, most notably the increase in demand with the beginning of Ramadan and the high temperatures that affect production, in addition to the variables of the local agricultural season, which begins to gradually decline at the beginning of next month, pointing out that there are several alternatives. Availability in the market.

Altitudes

In detail, the consumer, Ibrahim Muhammad, said that he noticed different increases in the prices of some varieties of vegetables, most of which were concentrated in the varieties of local origin, especially the option whose price increased from about 2.95 dirhams per kilogram previously, to reach 4.5 dirhams now, in addition to cabbage, whose price increased. From about 1.5 dirhams per kilogram previously, to between two and two and a half dirhams now.

The consumer, Samah Mahdi, stated that she was surprised when buying a variety of vegetables, with some rises that she described as the different prices for several varieties of vegetables, especially locally produced ones, which were witnessing distinct declines and price offers before the month of Ramadan.

For example, she explained that the price of a kilogram of tomatoes of local origin used to range between one and a half dirhams and two dirhams per kilogram, while it is now 3.95 dirhams per kilogram.

The consumer, Hussein Abdel-Azim, agreed with Muhammad and Mahdi, that some varieties of vegetables have witnessed different heights, most of which are concentrated in local varieties, whether tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, flowers or cabbage.

increasing of demands

For his part, the head of the Vegetable and Fruits Suppliers Group in Dubai, Chairman of the Farzana Trading Company, Mohammed Al-Sharif, said that the recent increases in some varieties of vegetables of local origin are limited and temporary, and are mainly due to the large increase in demand during the period of Ramadan, as well. On other factors, most notably the high temperatures at the beginning of Ramadan, in addition to the variables of the local season, which in turn affects the abundance of some varieties of local products.

Al-Sharif indicated that various alternatives are available in the market at low prices, with the increase in supplies from various countries in large quantities ahead of Ramadan.

He stressed that prices will return to their normal rates within days with the stability of demand, but pointed out that the variables of the local season will gradually affect the availability of some commodities, especially tomatoes, while the availability of varieties such as cucumbers and cabbage will continue.

Season variants

For his part, the CEO of Merak Food and Vegetable Supply, Issa Najeeb Al-Khoury, said that the local vegetable varieties are witnessing a natural decline in the quantities available gradually with the variables of the local season for cultivation, which ends for many varieties of vegetables with the beginning of May, which is reflected in turn. Abundant supply.

Al-Khoury considered that these variables are temporary and limited, as they do not eliminate the existence of multiple alternatives for the imported goods from countries such as Jordan, Egypt and Iran, in addition to other neighboring countries or Asian countries.

Al-Khoury expected prices to decline gradually within a few days as a result of the policy of supply and demand, pointing to a significant increase in demand during the first days of Ramadan, and then witness relative stability in the following days.

Prices fall

In turn, vegetable dealer Muhammad Bashir said that the increases in some local vegetables are due to the significant increase in weather temperature during the current period, in addition to the increase in demand, but he considered that the price increase is still limited, and he expected prices to decline during the coming period.

Prices

The price of local origin cucumbers increased from about 2.95 dirhams per kilogram previously to reach 4.5 dirhams now, and the price of local cabbage increased from about 1.5 dirhams per kilogram to between two and two and a half dirhams, while the price of a kilogram of locally produced tomatoes became 3.95 dirhams per kilogram, after it was Its price ranges from one and a half dirhams to two dirhams per kilogram.

• The variables of the agricultural season affect the abundance of some varieties of local vegetables.

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