AMMAN — Head of the
National Society for Consumer Protection Mohammed Obeidat on Saturday said that the increase
in prices of goods was mainly due to the lack of surveillance on markets during
the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a local media outlet.
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Obeidat said that out of 105 items, the
prices of around 47 increased in one year, putting more burden on impoverished
families. He described the price increase as saddening and shameful.
Obeidat said visits to marketplaces will
make obvious the hike in prices of some items over the past year, as well as the
drop in consumption rates. He also pointed out that prices of imports have not
changed, but lack of supervision encouraged some merchants to raise the prices
and take advantage of people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jordan Farmers Union Director General Mahmoud Oran said that the price hikes are unjustifiable
and called for intensified visits to retail stores to monitor the prices of vegetables
sold there.
Oran
attributed the rise in cucumber prices to the fact that the Jordanian market
needs around 300 tons of cucumbers, while the markets only receives around 170
tons only.
Oran said that some cucumber farmers
stopped planting this produce this season due to the losses they incurred last
season, when a kilogram was sold for 5 piasters.
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