Casablanca Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers Face Crisis as Demand Plummets Post-Ramadan

This situation of wholesalers is due to the accumulation of unsold stocks since the end of Ramadan. With almost non-existent demand, they are facing significant losses.

Faced with this situation, wholesalers are forced to sell at a loss, lamented the secretary general of the association of the wholesale fruit and vegetable market, for whom the losses in this period of crisis are enormous for the sector.

According to lobservateur.info, prices for all products on the market do not exceed 1.5 DH/kg. Tomatoes, for example, are sold at 20DH per crate. On the other hand, sellers are forced to continue paying the tax provided for on the goods, which is 6% per reference price.

Each truck can be worth around 1,500DH, for the wholesaler. A situation that retailers deplore, given the excessive rigor of the authorities towards them who, according to them, only think about collecting the tax.

In addition, wholesalers are calling on the authorities regarding the lack of a minimum of services in a market that, according to them, suffers from total anarchy.