South Sudan: Rumbek business groups drop high prices ArticleComments (2). Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By Manyang Mayom March 10, 2011 (RUMBEK) - The chairman of Lakes state’s Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture Ghun Ayual Dhuokpuou held a large meeting on Thursday to discuss reducing the prices of food and nonfood items in Rumbek market. Chairman of Lakes state’s Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, Ghun Ayual Dhuokpuou. Rumbek. March 10, 2011 (ST)Over five hundred businessmen and women including Darfuri, Equatorian and local businessmen from Rumbek agreed that high charges paid for offloading and loading of trucks needed to be lowered in order for prices to be reduced. Speaking at the meeting held in Akon Buoi hall, the acting spokesman for the Lakes state Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture Joseph Moon Dut Anei said prices must be reduced to serve the public and the government. The meeting agreed that prices for ‘blockers’, the men who offload and load trucks, would be decreased. The Lakes state Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture chairman Ghun Ayual Dhuokpuou appealed to all of Lakes state’s businesses groups to distance themselves from tribalism. “Business have no tribalism, only our tribe in business is as businessmen of Lakes state – this money have no religious money – we agree today and I wish nobody could said in future that wrong was done in this meeting.” Ayual said that traders in the state do not have tribes and it did not matter what part of Sudan they were from. He also said that business had nothing to do with religion. He said, “our tribe is only business. We agree today to have reduce prices. Business need[s] togetherness”. The price of offloading or loading a big vehicle of 35 tones with a trailer has been reduced from 1,000 SDG (Sudan Pounds) to 800 SDG. A Hino truck carrying 25 tones will now cost 700 SDG, down from 800 SDG. Fuso vehicles carrying 20 of goods will now cost 500 SDG to unload or load, rather than 600 SDG. Offloading a Tiper truck carrying seven tones will now cost businesses 150 SDG rather than 200 SDG. Sahara vehicles which carry 3 tones will now cost 100 SDG to unload or load rather than 150 SDG. Food items are expected to drop because of the decrease in labour costs. A 50kg bag of Maize flour is reduced to 60 SDG from 65 SDG and sugar of the same weight has reduced to 215 SDG from 220 SDG. The cost of powder milk and white flour have also both decreased by 5 SDG. One litter of fuel has reduced to 2 SDG from 3 SDG And one bottle of soft drink now costs 2 SDG, a third less than before. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
