Communication: Prices skyrocketed in Western and Northern Africa, many people in Northern Africa, "Swords and shrinking food" over the Slaughter Festival

Xinhua News Agency, Tunisia, July 12th. Communication: Prices skyrocketed in Western and Northern Africa, people, and many people in Northern Africa, "Saturium and shrinking food"

Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Su Pei Huang Ling

Many northern African countries in Western Asia have been slaughtered on the holidays of livestock on July 9, but continuous inflation diluted the festive atmosphere. People are unable to host a traditional celebration ceremony. Merchant sales are bleak, and many people bluntly say that the "unhappy" of the Astrocal Festival is "unhappy."

"Fighting group" to buy sheep

The slaughter and Eid and Eid are important local festivals. At present, the global price rises, and the inflation of the North African region in Western Asia is high, and people have no choice but to choose frugal festivals.

In Tunisia, the inflation rate has soared to the highest level since October 1991. Many families have to conscientiously calculate and choose to "fight" with relatives and friends to buy sheep. Usually the rare lamb on the table.

"According to the size, the price of a sheep is between 550 and 1500 Tunisa (about $ 1, about 3.1 Tunisaar). I must buy it with my brother's family to buy a sheep." Alle The taxi driver Lhasad Vainez told reporters that the price of a lamb exceeded the minimum monthly salary.

In Lebanon, the significant depreciation of the Lbanese pound exchange rate has led to a significant decline in the purchasing power of the local people. Many people have been forced to give up the tradition of buying candy cakes to entertain relatives and friends in the past.

"High prices have brought heavy pressure to everyone. The raw materials must be purchased with dollars, and no one accepts the Pink payment. Even if the supplier accepts the Li Pink, they will ask us to pay at the black market exchange rate." Aya Hutab said.

The annual consumption season is cold

Can't afford to buy it. In the past, the sale season was the peak season. Due to the general decline in purchasing power, demand decreased, and many national herders were facing greater pressure during market sales.

A week ago, 59 -year -old Mohammed Milly leased a stall in the northern Betsen province in the northern Tunisian, and sold 30 sheep he brought by himself in the livestock market in Eliana.

Until the day before slaughtering the Law Festival, he only sold 10 sheep. Many people linger on booths and inquiries, and then leave without buying anything.

"Perhaps the price of this year scared away customers. But the cost of feed has risen so much, and the price is reasonable." Mili complained that at this time, the sheep he brought in previous years had already sold out.

According to data from Tunisian Agriculture and Fisheries, the price of feed in 2022 rose by about 40%. The association pointed out that most of the local types of feed are supplied by foreign countries and are affected by international prices.

In Yemen, the chaos and division caused by the civil war in recent years have made it difficult for livestock and grains to be circulated across provinces. "I have raised livestock for a year and a half, but I have to sell some at half or lower prices to buy food, medicines and clothes for my family. Zi Ali said.

Anti -inflation measures have little effect

West Asia and North Africa have long debt burdens, relying on grain imports high, superimposed this year's high inflation, and these countries have further declined.

At present, Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia and other countries have introduced a series of measures to help people cope with rapid rising food prices, but the effect is limited, and many countries have continued to rise.

Before Egypt's Ramadan arrived in April, it launched a number of measures to ensure people's livelihood, including the government increased the sale of the number of national subsidized food stalls, strengthened market price supervision, prohibited wheat, broad beans, small lentils, pasta and various flour exports Wait.

According to the Egyptian Central Public Mobilization and Statistics Bureau, Egypt's inflation rate in June was 14.7%, compared with only 5.3%in June last year.

Turkey is one of the countries with the highest global inflation rate. In June, the inflation rate has risen to 78.6%, the highest in 24 years. Among them, the price of food prices has soared by 93.9%year -on -year, and the cost of transportation has soared by 123.4%in the same period.

Some analysts pointed out that the Fed's entry into the interest rate hike cycle to respond to domestic inflation, driving global interest rates to rise and impacting emerging markets. If severe capital outflow and currency depreciation occur in a short period of time, many countries in Western Asia and Africa may be difficult to repay debts, causing the international income and expenditure crisis.

[Editor in charge: Zhang Yongsu]

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