In the capital Damascus, where the price of a kilo reached 45 thousand liras, the prices of chickens sold for 35 thousand liras at the beginning of Ramadan rose to record levels.
The faithful newspaper Al-Watan reported that Poultry Breeders Committee member Hikmet Haddad said that the reason for the high price of chicken is that large quantities of chicken have been worn and disposed of recently. market, so the supply of the material is currently decreasing, which has caused its price to increase.
He drew attention to the fact that poultry breeders put plenty of chickens in the markets they store in order to make profit at the beginning of Ramadan, and that the supply decreased in parallel with the decrease in the supply after a few days. production, which causes chicken prices to rise despite low demand.