The pro-Syrian regime Al-Watan newspaper said Saturday the Finance Ministry will increase the minimum import prices for 15 commodities.
A number of members of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce said the decision has not yet reached them, but they made it clear that any addition to the indicative prices affects the calculation of the cost of imported materials and goods when pricing them from the Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection, and that any increase in the indicative price values is offset by a rise in customs duties, also it will be an increase in the prices of materials in the local market.
The indicative price per ton of skimmed milk powder was set at $2,200 if it was from an Iranian source, and $3000 for powdered milk from other countries, and the indicative price per ton of whole milk powder was set at $3,200, and the price per square meter for ceramic was set at $13.
Ammar Youssef, an economic expert, said the finance ministry is looking to improve treasury imports, but without considering the consequences of this on the consumer, because the merchant and importer, according to him, have no problem with that because they carry all the additions to the sale of the material In the market, the citizen who pays the price for such decisions is the citizen.
The price of imported crude sunflower oil was set to be $1100 per ton instead of $600 while the indicative price of crude palm oil was set at $1,000 per ton, $200 per ton of yellow fodder, $475 per ton of Soybean, $200 per ton of unroasted coffee, $460 per ton of refined white sugar, $360 per ton of raw sugar, and $550 per ton of iron billet material.
The minimum ton of car and motorcycle batteries was set at $1,700, and the minimum ton of vegetable margarine from packages of more than 20 kg was set at $1,200, while vegetable margarine from packages less than 20 kg was set at $1,400.
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