Dealers selling “tuna” and tobacco derivatives confirmed the fluctuation in the prices of fig imported from the Sultanate of Oman, as one kilo is sold in the Kingdom at prices ranging from 15 to 20 dinars and more, which is a price close to a gram of gold, which touches 24 dinars.
For his part, the merchant selling fig Ali al-Janousani told Al-Bilad that the price of a kilo of Omani fig currently ranges from 15 to 20 dinars, after the average price per kilo was previously 7 dinars, explaining that the cost of a kilo of fig imported from the Sultanate of Oman in the country of origin ranges From 3 to 4 dinars, and it reaches the Kingdom’s markets at a cost of 12 dinars, then it is sold at prices with interest from 15 to 20 dinars or more, adding that the Omani “tun” is today the most demanded and the master of the “footprint” in the Kingdom compared to other types, and in light of the lack of Importing the Iranian “Tatn”.
Al-Janousani stated that the demand for “tun” has decreased by 40% in light of the inflation in selling prices, as most of the customers of “tun” are elderly, and customers of “tun” consume one kilo for a period of 20 days and up to a month for some consumers.
In addition, Younis Al-Taytoun said that consumers and sellers of “tun” and tobacco and smoking derivatives import quantities from the Sultanate of Oman, and today the Gulf markets are witnessing price inflation, as the price of a kilo in the State of Kuwait is 20 dinars, and in Saudi Arabia it may reach 50 Bahraini dinars per kilo. the one.
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