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Jordan says export to Israel to blame for cucumber price hike

Sources in Hashemite Kingdom say Israeli merchants willing to pay more per five-kilo box of cucumbers due to unstable harvests; trade continues despite protest from groups opposed to normalization of ties with Jewish state

Jordanian sources claim that the export of some 500 tons of cucumbers to Israel in November has resulted in a spike in local cucumber prices.

 

The As-Sabeel weekly quoted Jordanian sources as saying that local merchants and middlemen purchased the produce at local vegetable markets in order to sell it to Israel at relatively steep prices.

 

Jordanian farmers say that during the transition period between autumn and winter, when cucumber harvests are unstable, Israeli merchants are willing to pay more (3.5-4 dinars, or $5-6.50) for every five-kilogram (10 pound) box of cucumbers.

 

Meanwhile, say the sources, the export of cucumbers to Israel has spurred an increase in local cucumber prices to a level of 0.7-0.9 dinars, or $1-1.30 per kilo.

 

The sources say Israeli merchants are purchasing mainly small-sized cucumbers for the canned cucumber industry.

 

Jordanian farmers told As-Sabeel that they had decided to export cucumbers to Israel despite protests from organizations opposed to the normalization of ties with the Jewish state because they could not sell them to other markets in Syria and the Gulf states.

 

Doron Peskin is head of research at Info-Prod Research (Middle East) Ltd

 


פרסום ראשון: 12.03.09, 16:59
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