11:17 p.m
Saturday, March 30, 2024
Books – Masrawy:
Mohamed Shadi, an economic expert, revealed the reason for the lack of decline in market prices despite the availability of the dollar, saying that Egypt imports between 30 and 40% of its food needs.
Shadi added, during an interview on Sada El Balad channel, that Egypt imports grains, oils, and meat at about a billion dollars a month if prices stabilize globally.
The economic expert explained that food prices are linked to the dollar because Egypt imports a large portion of them, as food represents 42% of the basket according to which prices are measured.
The economic expert pointed out that during the recent period, commodity prices in the Egyptian market were rising at a rate greater than the rise of the dollar against the pound, even on the black market.
He continued: The merchants’ justification for not lowering prices is that the goods currently available were imported in dollars at a time when their price rose to record levels on the black market, and they do not want to sell at a lower price even though they will buy new goods at the low dollar price, which is approximately 48 pounds.
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