An Egyptian denial of the “historic price” of “okra” after news that it had reached 200 pounds

Yesterday, Friday, news circulated about the rise in the prices of okra in the Egyptian market, and Egyptian newspapers and websites published news that the price of okra reached 150 to 200 pounds.

On this news, the Deputy Head of the Vegetables and Fruits Division at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce, Hatem Naguib, stated that this news is completely false, and no statement has been issued by the official authorities regarding it, or even that it will witness a rise in the coming days, denying all rumors about the rise in the price of okra.

The Deputy Head of the Vegetables and Fruits Division at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce added that those days are not the okra season at all, but are called “bashayer”, and its price in the market ranges from 30 to 40 pounds, because it is few, noting that once its season comes over the next period, it will be available in The markets are abundant, and then its price will decrease, and it will not witness any increase, as was rumored.

And about whether the prices of vegetables will witness an increase in general in the coming period, Naguib explained to the newspaper, “Al-Masry Al-Youm”, that on the contrary, the prices will decrease from the rise witnessed over the past two weeks, noting that this has already begun, as the molokhia is now priced at 5 pounds in the markets. The price of tomatoes has also decreased from 20 pounds to 12 pounds, onions from one and a half pounds to 2, and beans, whose price has reached 30 pounds, have now more than doubled, reaching now from 8 to 10 pounds, he said, stressing that those prices It's going down, too.

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