Regime-held areas | Fuel price hike prompts increase in transportation fares and commodity prices

On Dec 15, 2021

SOHR sources have reported new increase in prices of basic products in regime-held area following the hike of state-subsidized fuel prices, which also worsened the transportation crisis.

According to Syrian Observatory activists, the price of state-subsidized petrol has reached 1,100 SYL per litre, while the owners of private cars can get only 20 litres of petrol at state-subsidized price each week.

SOHR sources have reported a list of the new prices of essential products in regime-controlled areas as follows:

Food supplies

Long rice: 3,800 SYL / $1.078 per kilo

Short rice: 2,800 SYL /$0.749 per kilo

Flour: 2,600 SYL /$1.034per kilo

Sugar: 2,800 SYL /$0.749 per kilo

Bulgur: 2,000 SYL /$0.567 per kilo

Lentil: 1,800 SYL /$0.511 per kilo

Milled Lentil: 2,000 SYL /$0.567 per kilo

Chickpeas: 2,000 SYL /$0.567 per kilo

Tea: 25,000 SYL /$0.709 per kilo

Coffee: 27,000 SYL /$10.746per kilo

Sunflower oil: 9,000 SYL / $2.553 per litre

Ghee: 1,000 SYL / $0.398 per twokilo

Eggs: 9,000 SYL / $3.582per pack

Halawa: 7,500 SYL / $2.128 per pack
Vegetables and fruit

Tomatoes: 800 SYL / $0.227 per kilo
Cucumber: 1,800 SYL / $0.511 per kilo
Potatoes: 2,000 SYL / $0.796per kilo

Red onion: 800 SYL / $0.227 per kilo

Garlic: 10,000 SYL / $2.837 per kilo
Lemon: 2,000 SYL / $0.567 per kilo

Courgettes: 1,600 SYL / $0.454 per kilo

Beans: 4,000 SYL / $1.135 per kilo

Apple: 1,200 SYL / $0.34 per kilo

Bananas: 4,000 SYL / $1.135 per kilo

Orange: 1,500 SYL / $0.597per kilo

Meat

Beans: 1,000 SYL / $398per kilo
Beef: 20,000 SYL / $5.674 per kilo
Lamb: 25,000 SYL / $7.092 per kilo
Veal:22,000 SYL / $8.756per kilo
Chicken: 7,000 SYL / $1.986 per kilo

Dairy and Cheese

Milk: 1200 SYL / $1.986 per kilo
Yogurt: 1500SYL / $1.986 per kilo
Cheese: 6000 SYL / $1.986 per kilo

Fuel

Duty-free petrol: 3,000 SYL / 1.19per litre

Duty-free diesel: 3,500 SYL / 0.993 per litre

Gas cylinder: 100,000 SYL / $39.800 per litre

It is worth noting that the prices of these commodities change from one area to another because of the levies imposed by regime checkpoints on the merchants and trucks transporting goods.