Arab Finance: The Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) announced varied movements in the prices of several basic food commodities and vegetables in Egyptian markets on March 12^th.

Packaged rice increased by 3.4% to EGP 35.2 per kilogram, while the price of flour went up by 0.2% to EGP 25.1 per kilogram. Likewise, the sugar rose by 0.7% to EGP 32.8 per kilogram.

In the legumes sector, the price of beans cost EGP 59.6 per kilogram, whereas the price of packaged pasta dropped by 1.6% to EGP 31.3 per kilogram.

Regarding the prices of oils and vegetables, sunflower oil amounted to nearly EGP 92.9 per kilogram.

Tomatoes recorded the highest daily increase rate of 8.5%, bringing the price to EGP 22.4 per kilogram.

Onions jumped by 2.9% on a daily basis to EGP 14.9 per kilogram, and potatoes fell by 1.4% to EGP 14.1 per kilogram.

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