2024-04-05 17:47:43
Faced with inflation, the Tunisian authorities are renewing so-called direct sales operations this year during this Ramadan period. Spot markets, where producers can sell their goods directly to the consumer, without an intermediary.
From our correspondent in Tunis,
The address was passed down by word of mouth. A stone’s throw from Avenue Bourguiba, a direct sale attracts customers. “ My son told me about this place, so I wanted to see what it was likespecifies a customer. Prices are slightly lower to those at the market near me where I usually go. I wanted to check this with my own eyes. »
The liter of oil 13% cheaper
Vegetables, meats or even dates, the Ramadan essentials are there. Neda Barhoumi is producer. Originally from the Kef region in the west of the country, she came to sell her olive oil at 22 dinars per liter – the equivalent of 6.50 euros –, one euro less than what she usually sells. . It is above all there to make itself known to consumers and supplement its income. “ Times are tough right now for farmersshe explains. So it suits me to have a little cash. The most important thing here is to make yourself known, for the customer to taste our products and for them to become a regular. I put my number on each of my products, and therefore, if the customer likes and wants to repurchase my product, they will contact me. »
Hattab Messouadi says he works for the equivalent of Tunisian fraud repression. “ All this is a lieestimates the sixty-year-old, not at all convinced by these points of sale encouraged by the authorities. There is nothing to be gained by coming here. » He is quickly contradicted by sellers. “ You can’t say that! The peppers that sell for 6 dinars, you find them for 4 dinars here », protests one of them. “ These oranges are sold for 3.2 dinars at the central market, here they are for 2 dinars », added a second.
« It’s just to calm people down in the face of inflation. »
The phenomenon is also viewed with caution by Hamdi Ouerghi. Farmer and member of the Tunisian NGO Alert, he believes that it is above all a question of communication on the part of the authorities. “ It’s just to calm people down about inflation. But the State has no strategy. If this was really the solution and there was really a price difference, why not generalize it, why only allow a few thousand people to have access to it and not the rest of the population? »
After exceeding the 10% mark, inflation in Tunisia stood at 7.5% last month compared to last year. A rate that food products exceed very significantly during this Ramadan period.
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