The prices of animal feed have risen in the opposition-held areas in northern Syria, taking advantage of the decline in local production as a result of drought and Turkey's prohibition of exporting feed to the foreign market.
In the markets on northern countryside of Aleppo, the price of a ton of barley reached $320, an increase of nearly three times over last year’s price of $120, while the price of a ton of hay reached $175, at a time when a number of livestock breeders complained about the lack of feed even at the high price.
To make matters worse, Turkey issued a decision banning the export of barley and hay outside the country under the pretext of food security, especially after the high prices of fodder in local markets due to the drought that hit the eastern and southern states on which the country relies for the production of barley and fodder.
The drought that hit the north of Syria and prevented Turkey from exporting fodder, led to an increase in the prices of fodder in the north of Syria.
Sources from the Interim Government told Eqtsad news site, the opposition governing body would support and rehabilitate the production of the livestock sector in northern Aleppo, supported by the Trust Fund for the Reconstruction of Syria.
Nazih Qaddah, Assistant Minister of Local Administration and Services for Agriculture Affairs, said that the project will provide vaccines for sheep and cows, and fodder batches amounting to more than 7,000 tons to breeders free of charge.
Regarding the possibility of the interim government importing fodder and putting it on the market at subsidized prices, the Minister of Economy and Finance in the Interim Government, Abdel Hakim al-Masry, said that the government can help reduce customs duties, noting that traders can import fodder from outside Turkey, such as Ukraine.
Al-Masry added that importing fodder to northern Syria is possible, if the fodder is not a Turkish product.
In the meantime, the prices of sheep in the countryside of Aleppo witnessed a significant decline, due to the high cost of raising livestock for the breeders, and media activist Abdul Aziz Al-Khatib confirmed to Eqtsad.
The price of one kilo has decreased in the north of Aleppo to ($3)7500 Syrian pounds, after it was approximately ($4) 9000 Syrian pounds. Syria, a few days ago.
It is likely that the prices of animal products will witness a significant increase due to the decrease in the number of livestock, against the background of the preference of the majority of breeders to sell, rather than incurring losses as a result of the increase in feed prices.
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