The price of potatoes reaches less than 4,000 tomans

Mehdi Bakhtiari Zadeh, director of the Tehran Fruit and Vegetable Fields Organization, said that due to the exchange rate fluctuations, there are difficulties in supplying basic commodities, saying that there have been measures that have already caused the goods needed in the markets Existing and the organization is trying to make people feel shortages in supplying basic commodities.

He pointed to the announcement of astronomical prices of potatoes and kiwi, adding: “There are now many rumors about the price of these two products, while today in Tehran's fruit and vegetable fields, the price of kiwi 6,000 tomans and domestic potatoes of 6,000. It is per kilogram.

Bakhtiari Zadeh stated: With the import of imported potatoes into the squares, according to the pricing, the next one or two kilos of potatoes will reach the citizens at a price of 1.5 USD.

He said: The Ministry of Agriculture Jihad and the Rural Cooperative Organization has shown excellent cooperation with the fields such as tomatoes, potatoes and onions with the squares. This cooperation has been fruitful, and with synergy and cooperation, the price of some items in the market has been controlled.

The director of the Tehran Fruit and Vegetable Fields Organization stated that by interacting with the Central Rural Cooperative Organization, the volume of goods needed for Eid and the holy month of Ramadan, including fruits and dates, added: For the holy month of Ramadan and Eid, it has prepared and stored Nowruz so that at the end of the year, people can buy the goods they need at affordable prices and good quality in the fields and markets of the organization.

Pointing out that the volume of supply and rates of these commodities will be announced later, he said, there is no concern about the lack of apples and oranges and Eid dates.