NORTHEAST MARKET MONITORING EXERCISE Snapshot: 7-14 December 2020 INTRODUCTION KEY DEVELOPMENTS To inform humanitarian cash programming, REACH in Coverage and data collection dates Slight depreciation of the SYP against the USD and manually refined diesel increasing by 73%. According partnership with the northeast (NES) and northwest (NWS) Syria Cash Working Group (CWG) conducts monthly In December 2020, REACH and partners covered 28 sub- In December, the informal USD/SYP regional median to REACH field teams, in addition to the impacts of SYP Market Monitoring Exercises in northern Syria to assess districts in northeast Syria (NES) for the Market Monitoring exchange rate increased by 10%, reaching a regional depreciation, these price increases likely also result from Exercise, including 1,947 individual shops. Please note median of 2,728 USD/SYP. The highest exchange rate was the availability and prices of 36 basic commodities that are reduced local production levels in some areas due to typically sold in markets and consumed by average Syrian that prices should be seen as representative only of the recorded at 2,800 SYP for 1 USD in both Sur and Sawa the high cost of raw materials as well as environmental households, including food and non-food items, water, fuel, markets and dates where and when information was communities in Deir-ez-Zor governorate. and cellphone data. restrictions imposed by local authorities. As in previous collected (7-14 December). Prices increased for manually refined fuels; high Of these, 18 items comprise the Survival Minimum Expenditure Highest northeast SMEB cost in SYP recorded quality fuels remained unavailable months, high quality transport fuels were reportedly Basket (SMEB; see below), which represents the minimum, widely unavailable in assessed markets due to continued culturally adjusted items required to support a 6-person In December, the value of the regional SMEB reached Regional median prices for all manually refined fuels household for a month. 254,111 SYP, a 15% increase compared to November increased significantly in NES in December. The price of lower level of imports from Iraq and Government of and a 27% increase since June 2020, setting the highest manually refined kerosene, primarily used for cooking and Data collection took place between 7-14 December 2020 Syria-controlled areas. Ninety-three percent (93%) of fuel recorded price in the Market Monitoring Exercise in NES. heating, increased by 45% since November, likely due and was conducted by REACH, CARE, Concern, Global vendors reported that high quality diesel was not available Communities, Danish Church Aid, Mercy Corps, People In The SMEB in United States Dollars (USD) increased to the depreciation of the SYP against the USD as well in their market while 70% reported the same regarding Need, Solidarités International . from 89 to 92 USD in December, corresponding with as to issues of availability. Prices for manually refined high quality petrol. The price of high quality petrol also The accompanying data is disseminated monthly and the depreciation of the SYP against the USD (see next transport fuels also increased between November and is distributed through partners across the humanitarian paragraph). December, with manually refined petrol increasing by 21% increased by 15% in December. community. See REACH Resource Centre for the December 2020 data. ASSESSED AREAS AND COVERAGE MEDIAN SMEB COST IN SYP (USD), BY REGION SURVIVAL MINIMUM EXPENDITURE 254,111 SYP NORTHEAST SYRIA - AL-HASAKEH, AL-, DEIR-EZ-ZOR, BASKET (SMEB) CONTENTS TURKEY Al-Malikeyyeh (92 USD) ² Qahtaniyyeh Jawadiyah EASTERN GOVERNORATES Quamishli Item Quantity Ain Ya'robiyah Be'r Al-Hulo Food al Arab Bread 37 kg Al-Wardeyyeh Tal Hmis MEDIAN SMEB COST, BY MONTH Items AL-HASAKEH Bulgur 15 kg Menbij Thousand Syrian Pounds Ein Issa Chicken 6 kg Abu Qalqal AR-RAQQA Al-Hasakeh Hole Eggs 6 kg Areesheh Ar-Raqqa Fresh vegetables 12 kg Jurneyyeh Shadadah ALEPPO Karama Ghee/vegetable oil 7 kg/L 250 Al-Thawrah Kisreh Markada Red lentils 15 kg IRAQ Rice 19 kg Mansura Salt 1 kg Sur Sugar 5 kg 200 Deir-ez-Zor Basira Tomato paste 6 kg Hygiene Bathing soap 12 bars Thiban DEIR-EZ-ZOR items Laundry/dish soap 3 kg km 150 Sanitary pads 4 packs of 10 0 50 100 Toothpaste 200 g TURKEY Fuel Cooking fuel* 25 L Assessed sub-district with complete SMEB data collection Water Water trucking 4500 L Assessed sub-district with SMEB data collection 100 Telecom Smartphone data 1 GB missing items Other Float (other costs)** 7.5% total value Assessed sub-district with complete SMEB data IRAQ collection, only water trucking price unavailable * Kerosene in northern Syria Sub-district not assessed ** Float only applied to observations where prices of all JORDAN 2019−12 2020−02 2020−04 2020−06 2020−08 2020−10 2020−12 SMEB contents could be collected NORTHEAST SYRIA - KEY DEVELOPMENTS AND OVERVIEW Al-Hasakeh, Ar-Raqqa, Deir-ez-Zor, Eastern Aleppo governorates

MEDIAN SMEB COSTS & CHANGES* KEY DEVELOPMENTS Syrian Pounds NORTHEAST SYRIA - AL-HASAKEH, One Six Six 254,111 SYP One AL-RAQQA, DEIR-EZ-ZOR, Sub-district SMEB month month Sub-district SMEB month (92 USD) month EASTERN ALEPPO GOVERNORATES change change change Water Trucking and hygiene item prices slightly increased Northeast Syria 254,111 15% 27% Hole*** 272,424 21% 17% Food item prices increased Following an apparent stabilisation of the SMEB water Abu Qalqal*** 227,005 5% 27% Jawadiyah** 261,521 16% NA The value of the regional SMEB food component further trucking cost in November, the median regional cost increased Ain al Arab 241,587 19% 17% Jurneyyeh** 251,753 16% 30% increased by 13% in December, reaching a record high of in December by 14%, reaching 10,215 SYP. According to Karama 255,173 NA NA 195,625 SYP. The price of the SMEB vegetable component REACH field teams, the prior price stabilisation was likely Al-Hasakeh 274,957 17% 49% Kisreh 245,170 13% 12% increased significantly, up 39% since November. Prices for all due to increased local production and increased monitoring Al-Malikeyyeh** 234,088 11% 12% monitored vegetables increased, with tomato prices increasing of water supplies by local authorities following earlier issues Al-Thawrah** 260,238 18% 38% Mansura** 265,731 12% 50% by 73% and prices for other SMEB vegetables increasing with service from Allouk water station. However, service Amuda** 321,611 35% 82% Markada 258,909 3% 13% between 29% and 17%. These price increases are likely due from Allouk was suspended again in early December due Areesheh 285,566 24% 21% Menbij 235,306 10% 18% to the end of the local agricultural season, increased reliance to electricity failures related to pumping and subsequent Ar-Raqqa** 248,729 9% 45% Qahtaniyyeh*** 238,454 2% 19% on more expensive imported fresh foods, as well as SYP maintenance work. Additionally, the cost of the SMEB hygiene Basira 237,323 12% 26% Quamishli 254,111 8% 15% depreciation and increasing transport fuel costs. Additionally, Shadadah 249,963 11% 27% component increased by 8% in December, reaching a median Be'r Al-Hulo 297,738 15% NA the cost of chicken also increased at the regional level by 13% of 19,962 SYP. Specifically, the costs of dish soap and laundry Al-Wardeyyeh Sur 267,712 7% 17% in December, primarily as a result of increasing transport fuel soap saw the largest increases, by 16% and 8%, respectively. Deir-ez-Zor 235,586 11% NA Tal Hmis** 235,868 21% 29% prices and some reported unavailability. Finally, overall prices The depreciating value of the SYP as well as higher demand Ein Issa 264,749 30% 47% Thiban 240,518 15% 26% for bulk foods also increased in December by 14%, with some likely account for these increases according to REACH field Hajin*** NA NA NA Ya'robiyah** 233,365 5% 22% items like bulgur and salt increasing more significantly (24% teams. While median prices for many COVID-19 related and 20%, respectively). While bu