Food Prices IndexIn Covered Sub-districts

for October/2014

Outline

• Introduction

• The total food prices Index

• The prices of the cooking fuel

• The prices of the basic food items and water

Introduction This presentation aims to show the prices of the basic food items inside

Syria .

 

The Total Food Prices IndexThe total food prices include 25different food items in addition to 2 types of cooking fuel

1. Flour -1 kg (Mapped)

2. Sugar -1 kg (Mapped)

3. Beef -1 kg (Mapped)

4. Potato -1 kg (Mapped)

5. Rice -1 kg (Mapped)

6. Oil -1 Liter (Mapped)

7. Eggs box-30 eggs (Mapped)

8. Tomato paste -1 kg (Mapped)

9. Baby formula -1 can (Mapped)

10. Tea -1 kg (Mapped)

11. Water - 1 Liter (Mapped)

12. 12. Apple-1 kg

13. Tomatoes-1 kg

14. Beans-1 kg

15. Chickpeas-1 kg

16. Bulgur-1 kg

17. Whole lentils-1 kg

18. Peeled lentils-1 kg

19. Spaghetti-1 kg

20. Fresh milk-1 kg

21. Poultry – 1 kg

22. Margarine-1 kg

23. Halvah-1 kg

24. Vermicelli noodles-1 kg

25. One tuna can

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Maliha

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Bulbul

Jandair

is

Shara

n

Ma'btal

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n

Areesh

eh

Kafr N

obol

Al- Thaw

rah

Menbij

Jarab

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Aghtri

n

Markad

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Jebel Sam

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all

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ud

Madiq Cast

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Darkosh

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m

Mhambal

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mis

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Qatana

Hajin

Jalaa

Damasc

us

Atareb

Abu Kamal

Ein El

fijeh

Banya

s

Muhradah

Tadmor

HomsHam

aMah

inIdleb

Qaryate

inArih

a

Muhasan

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60000

70000Total food prices Index (October- 2014)

total prices with fuel total prices without fuel

Unavailable item according to sub districts

Duma Maliha Kafr Batna Arbin Talbiseh Jebel Saman0

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20000

30000

40000

50000

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70000

Total food prices Index in the sub-district that have Unavailable item in it (October- 2014)

food prices with cooking fuel food prices without cooking fuel

sub-districts Beans Apple Bottled Water Baby formula

Jebel Saman x      

Talbiseh   x x  

Duma     x  

Arbin     x x

Maliha     x x

Kafr Batna     x x

Key points

•The Questionnaire includes 85 sub-districts (79 of them have the all 27

items, but the other 6 have some unavailable items).

• The sub-districts around Damascus: Duma, Maliha, Kafir Batna , Arbin

have the highest prices for the food items.

•The sub-districts Muhasan, Ariha , Qaryatein have the lowest prices.

Cooking Fuel

The questionnaire includes 2 different kinds of cooking fuel :

• Gas cylinder• Diesel

The presentation shows prices maps for the most 10 consumed food items inside Syria which are:

The prices of the basic food items and water

1. Flour -1 kg

2. Sugar -1 kg

3. Beef -1 kg

4. Potato -1 kg

5. Rice -1 kg

6. Oil -1 Liter

7. Eggs box -30 eggs

8. Tomato paste -1 kg

9. Baby formula -1 can

10. Tea -1 kg

11. Water - 1 Liter