Bakeries in Syria’s Hasakah closed for raw materials high prices
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – For four consecutive days, bakeries in the city of Hasakah and its countryside, northeast Syria, have been closed for reasons related to securing materials and the destinations from which they are purchased.
“The Bakeries’ Management forced us to buy yeast, salt and bags from it, where its prices are twice that of the market,” Hamad al-Shamdeen, owner of al-Shamdeen bakery in Omran neighborhood in Hasakah, said.
“We visited the Bakeries’ Management and filed a complaint. They promised to solve the problem,” he told North Press.
“The quality of the sacks is bad, the yeast has expired so it causes problems for the dough,” the bakery owner added.
The salt is very expensive, where a one kilo costs 80 Syrian pounds (SYP) in the market but the management sells them at 280 SYP, while a box of yeast is sold at 45,000 SYP in the market but the management sells it at 74,000 SYP, according to al-Shamdeen.
For his part, Malek Hammoud, owner of al-Zuhour neighborhood bakery in Hasakah, said, the amount of flour he gets for his bakery is 2 tons, which is not sufficient to cover the area.
“There is a big difference in the prices of the materials between the market and the Bakeries’ Management,” he added.
“In addition to yeast and salt, the sacks are of poor quality, and the diesel is sold at 107 SYP per liter, while it was 57 SYP before,” Hammoud noted.
It is noteworthy that meetings to solve the problem is being held by the Bakeries’ Management.
Earlier this year, a bread crisis emerged in northeast Syria regions as bakeries’ owners went on strike due to high production costs and devaluation of the Syrian pound.