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Juba witnesses rising prices of commodities at market JUBA (8 Feb.) Traders in South Sudan’s capital Juba have reported sharp rise in the price of consumer goods due to increasing price of the US dollar on the parallel market on Tuesday, settling at 109 South Sudanese pounds. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj yesterday, several traders said the price of a pound of sugar costs 150 SSP and a kilo of wheat flour increased to 120 SSP. They also complained about rising prices of foods at restaurants, saying the price of a bottle of drinking water reached 30 SSP. The traders attributed the increase of prices to the weakened value of the South Sudanese pounds against the US dollar at the market.A trader at Konyo-Konya market, who identified himself as Mohammed, said the price of the US dollar has witnessed significant increase, causing increasing prices of essential commodities at the market, saying they are suffering from the issue of the US dollar in South Sudan. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14or4pGoUndSJBzUREA4PWGkzTw82Umtyhcz0WhL6JPWw-g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
