“Reports provided by the relevant services, which monitor the situation of the markets on a daily basis, revealed that they are well stocked and offer an abundance and variety of consumer products during the first two weeks of this holy month, the level of available stock of basic products covering national needs for several months”, indicates the Directorate of Competition, Prices and Compensation in a press release on the 3rd meeting of this commission during this sacred month.
Regarding the evolution of prices during this period, various variations were observed depending on the products, said the same source, noting that at the end of the second week of Ramadan, it was noted the beginning a downward trend in prices for certain products such as spices and legumes, due to the return of demand for these products to normal levels after the significant influx observed at the start of the month of Ramadan, which sometimes exerts a pressure on prices.
In the same context, the prices of white meat, fish and certain types of fruit continued to fall, reaching up to 8%.
As for other products such as flour and its derivatives, table oils and butter, their prices have remained stable in the short term and remain significantly lower than the prices in effect at the same period last year. . This situation is due to the decline in international prices of these products, a large part of which is imported to meet national needs, as well as to the measures taken by the government in this regard.
At the same time, increases were recorded during the second week of Ramadan for certain vegetables, after the significant declines observed for these products during the past weeks, in particular the prices of tomatoes which increased significantly.
Thus, the national average price, which includes different points of sale in several regions, increased from 5 dirhams per kilogram (DH/KG) at the start of Ramadan to 8.5 DH/KG at the end of the first half, with levels exceeding 10 dirhams in certain markets.
In addition, the said commission notes that vegetable prices generally experience seasonal fluctuations linked to several interrelated factors, including growing demand, harvest periodicity and climatic conditions.
Despite these relative increases, vegetable prices remain low compared to the prices charged during the previous Ramadan, notes the same source.
Regarding fuel prices, they are stable and have not recorded any increase in previous weeks, especially butane gas, the prices of which are subsidized by the compensation fund.
This commission met under the chairmanship of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, in the presence of representatives of the ministerial departments responsible for the Interior, Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries, Industry and Commerce, of the Energy Transition and the public establishments concerned.