SOUTH SUDAN Price Bulletin July 2021 The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year.
Maize, sorghum, and groundnuts are the most important food commodities for poor rural households in South Sudan. Flour and wheat (as bread) are more important for middle income and rich households in urban areas. Sorghum and maize are generally substitutes, but preferences are shifting towards maize over time, especially in the southern half of South Sudan. Groundnuts are important for the rural poor in Northern Bahr El Ghazal, Warrap, and Lakes states. Harvest seasons vary geographically and by production system. Short--cycle sorghum harvested between July and August in Greater Equatoria states and between September and October in Greater Bahr el Ghazal, Greater Upper Nile states and Source: FEWS NET gratefully acknowledges CLiMIS, South Jonglei states. Long-cycle sorghum is harvested between Sudan and WFP, South Sudan for the market data and December and January in Central and Eastern Equatoria information used to produce this report. states, Greater Lakes, Western Bahr El Ghazal, Warrap, and Upper Nile states. Maize grain and flour are imported from Uganda and available year-round because of the bi-modal rainfall pattern and carryover stocks. The main retail markets are mostly located in the County capitals, including: Juba, Aweil, Malakal, Wau, Torit, Renk, Kuajok, Bor, Rumbek, and Yambio. The most important local wholesale market is in Renk, a mechanized cereal producing area in Upper Nile state. Aweil, Wau, Kuajok, and Bentiu are mostly supplied in cereals from Khartoum and El Obeid (Sudan), while Malakal is also normally supplied by Renk and Kosti (Sudan). Cereal supplies in Juba, Torit, Bor, and Rumbek are mostly sourced from Uganda. Uganda maize sometimes reaches Wau and Aweil when the border between South Sudan and Sudan borders is closed. Historical price data sets (spanning 2012 to date) are only available for some markets.
5 Year Average 2016 - 2020 Previous Year 2020 Current Year 2021
Official Exchange Rate, Bank of South Sudan Parallel Exchange Rate, FEWS NET South Sudan
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SSP/USD 200 SSP/USD 150 200 100 100 50 0 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
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5 Year Average 2016 - 2020 Previous Year 2020 Current Year 2021
Sorghum (White): Nominal retail prices in Aweil Maize Grain (White): Nominal retail prices in Juba, Konyokonyo 350 400
300 350 300 250 kg 250 kg 200 200
SSP/3.5 150
SSP/3.5 150 100 100 50 50 0 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Maize Grain (White): Nominal retail prices in Rumbek Maize Grain (White): Nominal retail prices in Torit
400 250 350 200 300
250 kg kg
150
200 100 SSP/3.5 SSP/3.5 150 100 50 50 0 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Maize Grain (White): Nominal retail prices in Wau Sorghum (Feterita, White): Nominal retail prices in Aweil 400.0 300 350.0 250 300.0 200
250.0 kg kg
200.0 150 SSP/3.5 SSP/3.5 150.0 100 100.0 50 50.0 0.0 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Sorghum (White): Nominal retail prices in Juba, Sorghum (Feterita, White): Nominal retail prices in Konyokonyo Rumbek 450 400 400 350 350 300 300 250 kg kg
250 200 200 SSP/3.5 SSP/3.5 150 150 100 100 50 50 0 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 5 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 2 Year Average Preious Year Current Year
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5 Year Average 2016 - 2020 Previous Year 2020 Current Year 2021
Sorghum (Feterita, White): Nominal retail prices in Sorghum (White): Nominal retail prices in Wau Torit 250 450 400 200 350 300 kg kg
150 250 200 100 SSP/3.5 SSP/3.5 150 50 100 50 0 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
Goat (Small-sized, Grade 3): Nominal retail prices in Goat (Small-sized, Grade 3): Nominal retail prices in Aweil Juba, Gumbo 12000 40000 35000 10000 30000 8000 25000 6000 20000 SSP/head SSP/head 15000 4000 10000 2000 5000 0 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Sum of 2_year_avg_3.5kg_convert Sum of 2_year_avg_3.5kg_convert
Goat (Small-sized, Grade 3): Nominal retail prices in Goat (Small-sized, Grade 3): Nominal retail prices in Rumbek Torit 60000 30000
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40000 20000
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Gasoline: Nominal retail prices in Aweil Gasoline: Nominal retail prices in Juba, Konyokonyo
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2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year
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5 Year Average 2016 - 2020 Previous Year 2020 Current Year 2021
Gasoline: Nominal retail prices in Rumbek Gasoline: Nominal retail prices in Torit 1200 600
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Gasoline: Nominal retail prices in Wau
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