SOUTH Price Bulletin February 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 . 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 , , and states. Harvest seasons vary geographically and by production system. Short--cycle sorghum harvested between July and August in Greater states and between September and October in Greater Bahr el Ghazal, Greater 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 information used to produce this report. states, Greater Lakes, , Warrap, and Upper Nile states. Maize grain and flour are imported from 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: , Aweil, , Wau, , Renk, , Bor, , and . The most important local wholesale market is in Renk, a mechanized cereal producing area in Upper Nile state. Aweil, Wau, Kuajok, and 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

185 700

180 600 175 500 170 400 165 300 SSP/USD 160 SSP/USD 200 155 150 100 145 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 350 300

300 250 250 200 200 150

SSP/3.5 kg SSP/3.5 150 SSP/3.5 kg SSP/3.5 100 100

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

250 150 200 100 SSP/3.5 kg SSP/3.5 SSP/3.5 kg 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 400 300 350 250 300 200 250 200 150 SSP/3.5 kg SSP/3.5 SSP/3.5 kg 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 2 Year Average Previous Year Current Year

Sorghum (White): Nominal retail prices in Juba, Sorghum (Feterita, White): Nominal retail prices in Konyokonyo Rumbek 300 400 350 250 300 200 250 150 200 SSP/3.5 kg SSP/3.5 SSP/3.5 kg 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 2 Year Average Preious Year Current Year

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Sorghum (Feterita, White): Nominal retail prices in Sorghum (Feterita, White): Nominal retail prices in Torit Rumbek 250 450 400 200 350 300 150 250 200 100 SSP/3.5 kg SSP/3.5 SSP/3.5 kg 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 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 Previous Year Current Year Previous Year Current Year

Goat (Small-sized, Grade 3): Nominal retail prices in Goat (Small-sized, Grade 3): Nominal retail prices in Rumbek Torit 20000 25000

17000 20000 14000 15000 11000

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Gasoline: Nominal retail prices in Aweil Gasoline: Nominal retail prices in Juba, Konyokonyo

1400 350

1200 300

1000 250

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600 150 SSP/liter SSP/liter

400 100

200 50

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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 400 350 1000 300 800 250

600 200 SSP/liter SSP/liter 150 400 100 200 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

Gasoline: Nominal retail prices in Wau

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