WFP – Market Situation Update

Tajikistan Market Situation Update, # 14 5 - 9 April 2021 Highl ights • Staple food commodities were available in all monitored food markets during the reporting period. • Compared to the previous week, the prices of most monitored food commodities remained stable during the reporting period, except for marginal increase in vegetable and cotton oils by 2-16 percent. • The prices also increased for petrol and diesel (0.3-10 percent) compared to last week due to the high import prices from the exporting countries. • Compared tolast month, some food commodities’ prices increased in all monitored markets in April. This includes vegetable and cotton oils (1-20 percent), beef, mutton and chicken (1-17 percent), potatoes (1-8 percent), carrots (9-25 percent), petrol and diesel (0.3-20 percent). The reasons for price inflation for most of these commodities that are imported are the depreciation of Tajik somoni against USD and increased cost of import from countries such as and Russia.

Wheat flour (first grade) Rice Potatoes Onion Vegetable & Cotton Oil

Prices for wheat flour (first grade) Compared to previous week, rice Potatoes prices decreased in and Onion prices decreased in most Compared to previous week, prices for vegetable oil increased remained stable in most prices increased in Gharm market by markets by the range of 6-8 percent monitored markets in the range of 4-20 in most monitored markets in the range of 2-10 percent, monitored markets, while 4 percent, while prices remained and increase was reported in percent. The price for this commodity while price for this commodity remained stable in Khorog, increased in Bokhtar and stable in all other monitored market by 10 percent, while remained increased in istaravshan market by 20 Bokhtar and Isfara markets. Prices for cotton oil increased Murghab by 2 percent compared to markets. stable in all other monitored markets, percent, while remained stable in all in Khujand, Gharm, Istaravshan and markets in the previous week. compared to previous week. other monitored markets compared to Compared to March 2021 monthly range of 2-16 percent, while price for this commodity remained previous week. average, prices for rice decreased in stable in all other monitored markets. Comparing the current reporting Compared to monthly average of March Khujand and Bokhtar markets in the Compared to the monthly average of March period to the monthly average of 2021, prices for potatoes increased in Compared to the monthly average of March 2021, prices for range of 1-4 percent and increased in 2021, prices for onions decreased in most March 2021, prices for wheat flour Bokhtar, Murghab and Isfara markets in both commodities increased in most monitored markets in Gharm and Kulob markets in the monitoring markets in the range of 6-30 decreased in Isfara by 2 percent the range of 1-8 percent, while its price the range of 1 - 20 percent, while price for vegetable oil range of 2-4 percent, while its prices percent. Prices in Khorog and Gharm and increased in Bokhtar and decreased in Khujand, Istaravshan and stayed stable in Isfara market, and for cotton oil in in the remaining monitored markets markets remained stable. Murghab by 2 percent. In all other Kulob markets in the range of 1-5 percent. market. stayed stable. In all other monitored markets, prices monitored markets, prices remained stable. remained stable.

Milk & Eggs Meat Beef & Mutton Petrol & Diesel ESSENTIAL FOOD COMMODITIES PRICE CHANGE 205.0 TREND Prices for milk remained stable in most monitored Compared to the previous week, prices for Increase in prices for petrol was reported in 200.0 markets, while increase was reported in Murghab both commodities remained stable in most Dushanbe, Murghab, Isfara and Istaravshan Average Cost -March 2021 and Istaravshan in the range of 3-20 percent. monitored markets, while price for these markets in the range of 3-10 percent, while 195.0 Prices for eggs decreased in Bokhtar, Dushanbe, commodities increased in Khujand, decrease for this commodity was reported in Isfara and Kulob in the range of 5-13 percent, Bokhtar and Kulob in the range of 2-10 Bokhtar and Kulob markets in the range of 1-13 190.0 while remained stable in all other monitored percent and decreased in the range of 2- percent and remained stable in all other monitored 185.0

markets compared to previous week. 11 percent in Khorog and Dushanbe markets. Prices for diesel increased in Khujand, TJK TJK Somoni markets. Dushanbe, Isfara and Istaravshan in the range of 180.0 Compared to the March 2021 monthly average, 0.3-4 percent, while decrease was reported in prices for milk remained stable in most monitored Compared to March 2021 monthly average, 175.0 Bokhtar and Kulob markets by 1 percent. Prices markets, while increased by 5-15 percent in prices increased for both commodities in for this commodity remained stable in the rest of Khujand, Murhgab and Istaravshan markets. most monitored markets in the range of 170.0 the monitored markets compared to previous week. Prices for eggs increased in Khorog, Murghab and 1-17 percent and decreased in Dushanbe

Istaravshan markets in the range of 3-6 percent. by 3- 11percent, while remaining stable in Compared to March 2021 monthly average, prices for Decrease for this commodity was reported in all other monitored markets. both commodities increased in most monitored Bokhtar, Dushanbe, Isfara and Kulob markets in markets in the range of 0.3-21 percent, while the range of 5-12 percent, while remaining stable remained stable In Istaravshan and Kulob This graph analyses the average aggregate change of prices for ten food commodities in the in the rest of the monitored markets. markets and decrease for price of diesel was nine monitored markets, comparing the reporting weeks against the previous weeks and reported in Istaravshan market by 1 percent. monthly average prices of March 2021. The food commodities included here are wheat flour (first grade), potatoes, onion, milk, eggs, vegetable and cotton oil, beef, mutton and rice. 5-9 April 2021 Page  1

WFP Tajikistan – Market Situation Update

WEEKLY FOOD MARKET PRICE UPDATE – PERCENT CHANGE BY REGIONAL MARKETS

Khujand, Sughd Bokhtar, Khatlon Gharm, DRS Dushanbe Khorog, GBAO Murghab, GBAO

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Commodity

Current price TJSin Current price TJSin Current price TJSin Current price TJSin Current price TJSin Current price TJSin Current

Meat -mutton 70 7.7 10.1 70 7.7 16.7 55 0 6.6 60 -1.6 -3.2 49 -2 0.8 46 0 1.3 (1kg) Meat-beef (1kg) 55 10 9.1 58 1.8 7 55 0 6.6 50 -10.7 -11 49 -2 1.7 45 0 1.4

Chicken (1kg) 26 0 6.1 29.7 2.3 2.3 35 0 0 26 13 13 31 6.2 0 32 0 0 Vegetable oil 23 4.5 13.3 21.6 0 2.3 20 5.3 6.4 21.5 2.4 2.4 23 0 6.5 25 4.2 4.2 (1L) Cotton Oil (1L) 22.5 9.8 19.8 20 0 1 19 5.6 6.7 19 0 0 20 0 7.5 23 0 2.7

Potatoes (1kg) 4.5 -6.3 -4.7 4.5 0 1.4 5 0 0 4.4 0 0 6 0 0 8.5 0 6.7

Cabbage (1kg) 2.5 25 13.6 2 0 -13 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 6.5 0 5.5

Carrots (1kg) 3 -9.1 12.8 3.3 0 10.7 3.3 -5.7 24.1 3 0 25 4 8.1 9.3 7 0 0

Onion (1kg) 1.4 -6.7 -12.5 1.8 0 -7.9 2.4 -4 0 1.6 -5.9 -5.9 3 0 0 5 0 -7.4

Milk (1L) 4.5 0 15.4 4 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 6 20 11.1

Eggs (10 pcs) 11 0 0 10.9 -13.1 -6.3 12 0 0 11 -5.2 -5.2 13 0 5.5 15 0 3.4

Sugar (1kg) 9.5 0 -4 9.5 -5 -5 9.5 0 4.4 9.8 0 -1.2 10 0 0 13 0 0

Tea black (1kg) 43 0 0 50 16.3 16.3 33 3.1 3.1 38 0 0 31 0 0 40 0 -3.4

Tea green (1kg) 45 0 0 45.6 0 1.5 35 0 0 38 0 0 29 -3.3 -0.7 38 -11.6 -11.6

Rice (1kg) 11 0 -0.9 13.3 0 -3.9 13.5 3.8 3.8 13 0 0 11.5 0 0 21 0 0 Wheat flour first 5 0 0 4.9 2.1 2.1 4.8 0 0 4.9 0 0 5.2 0 0 5.9 1.7 1.7 grade (1kg) Salt (1kg) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.5 0 0 0.5 0 0 1.5 0 0 6 0 15.4 Bread middle 2.5 0 0 2.5 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 5.5 10 10 size (150 gr.) Dried green 15 7.1 7.1 16.5 0 7.8 15 7.1 1.4 15 0 0 15 0 0 18.5 0 0.7 peas (mosh 1kg) Haricot 20 17.6 23.5 16 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0 17 0 0 23 0 -0.9 bean(lobiyo 1kg) Chick 19 0 0 15 11.1 3.4 17 0 0 10 0 0 17.5 0 0 15 0 0 peas(nakhud 1kg) Petrol (1L) 8.8 0 7.1 9.1 -13.1 7.3 9.6 0 7.1 8.7 3.6 9 9.3 0 4.7 11 10 19.6

Diesel (1L 7.8 0.3 0.3 7.6 -1.3 0 9 0 6.9 8.5 4.9 8.1 8 0 2.4 10 0 10

Skilled labour (1 100 0 0 100 0 0 35 0 3.6 70 0 0 100 0 -5.7 no N/A N/A day) Unskilled labour 60 0 0 50 0 -3.8 27 0 12.5 60 0 0 90 0 0 40 0 0 (1 day) Anti-bacterial 1.3 0 0 1.5 0 0 1.5 0 0 4 0 0 2.3 -8 -8 4 0 0 wipes (1 pkt) Face masks (1 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 7.1 2 0 0 1.5 0 -11.8 4 0 0 pc) Hand sanitizer 20 0 0 no N/A N/A 20 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 (1 bottle)

Soap (1 bar) 4 0 N/A! 3.3 0 -14.5 5 0 0 3.3 0 0 6 20 N/A 7 0 0

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About the Market Update WFP Tajikistan has been monitoring commodity prices in markets across the country, especially to assess effects of COVID-19 on the population’s food security situation. Markets monitored include six major markets in Murghab, Khorog, Khujand, Bokhtar, Gharm, and Dushanbe, and three minor markets, Isfara, Istaravshan, and Kulob. The focus is on the main commodities that are consumed by the population of the country. During the height of the global pandemic (March to August 2020), prices were collected twice per week and reported weekly. As prices stabilized (August - September 2020), collection moved to once per week with a twice per month reporting. With recent (November 2020) prices spikes, WFP Tajikistan has moved back to a weekly report.

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